num_pages: 314
description: Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indians and forever changed the Deep South. As the Creeks amassed a fortune in cattle and slaves, new property fostered a new possessiveness, and government by coercion bred confrontation. A New Order of Things is the first book to chronicle this decisive transformation in America's early history, a transformation that left deep divisions between the wealthy and poor, powerful and powerless.
language: English
title: A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816
titlecomplete: A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816
genres: History, Native American History, Native Americans, American History, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 74
series: Cambridge Studies in North American Indian History
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Charles S. Sydnor Award
publisher: Cambridge University Press