Peaceable kingdom lost
Subtitle: the Paxton Boys and the destruction of William Penn's holy experiment
By: Kevin Kenny.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780195331509
Subjects: Penn, William, -- 1644-1718 -- Philosophy; Paxton Boys; Pennsylvania -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century; Vigilantes -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century; Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century; Culture conflict -- Pennsylvania -- History; Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Description: "William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans ... Based on extensive research in eighteenth-century primary sources, this ... history offers an eye-opening look at how colonists--at first, the backwoods Paxton Boys but later the U.S. government--expropriated Native American lands, ending forever the dream of colonists and Indians living together in peace."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.