Dominion and civility
Subtitle: English imperialism and Native America, 1585-1685
By: by Michael Leroy Oberg.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ithaca, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Indians of North America -- New England -- History -- Sources.; Indians of North America -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- History -- Sources.; Indians, Treatment of -- New England.; Indians, Treatment of -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.); Indians of North America -- Government policy -- New England.; Indians of North America -- Government policy -- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.); Colonial administrators -- United States -- History -- Sources.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Description: Was the relationship between English settlers and Native Americans in the New World destined to turn tragic? This book investigates how the newcomers interacted with Algonquian groups in the Chesapeake Bay area and New England, describing the role that original Americans occupied in England's empire during the critical first century of contact.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.