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Empire by Collaboration - Indians, Colonists, and Governments in Colonial Illinois Country (Hardcover)
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Empire by Collaboration - Indians, Colonists, and Governments in Colonial Illinois Country (Hardcover)
Series: Early American Studies
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From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the
region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration
that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec
established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians
while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the
Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous
early settlements were brought into the French empire only after
the fact. As the colony grew, the authority that governed the
region was often uncertain. Canada and Louisiana alternately
claimed control over the Illinois throughout the eighteenth
century. Later, British and Spanish authorities tried to divide the
region along the Mississippi River. Yet Illinois settlers and
Native people continued to welcome and partner with European
governments, even if that meant playing the competing empires
against one another in order to pursue local interests. Empire by
Collaboration explores the remarkable community and distinctive
creole culture of colonial Illinois Country, characterized by
compromise and flexibility rather than domination and resistance.
Drawing on extensive archival research, Robert Michael Morrissey
demonstrates how Natives, officials, traders, farmers, religious
leaders, and slaves constantly negotiated local and imperial
priorities and worked purposefully together to achieve their goals.
Their pragmatic intercultural collaboration gave rise to new
economies, new forms of social life, and new forms of political
engagement. Empire by Collaboration shows that this rugged outpost
on the fringe of empire bears central importance to the evolution
of early America.
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