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"The chiefs now in this city" : indians and the urban frontier in early America  Cover Image Book Book

"The chiefs now in this city" : indians and the urban frontier in early America / Colin G. Calloway.

Summary:

" ... A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans -- primarly to conduct diplomatic or trade business, but often from a sense of curiosity and adventure. Some were even tourists. ... Based on primary accounts, Calloway's book illuminates in words and pictures what Native visitors to these cities both saw and how they were seen ..."--Inside jacket flap

Record details

  • ISBN: 0197547656
  • ISBN: 9780197547656
  • Physical Description: xiv, 265 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Indigenous peoples of North America > Kings and rulers > Travel > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Indigenous peoples of North America > Kings and rulers > 18th century.
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > Description and travel.
City and town life > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 18th century.
Indians, Treatment of > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 18th century.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at York County Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 970.2 CAL Nonfiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Stewart C. Shutts
34007002432875 Adult Area Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults 973 CAL Nonfiction (Text)
Donated: Plated 2021: Donated from the Estate of George F. Kauffman, York, Pennsylvania
34262000841334 Main Room Available -


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