Creek country
Subtitle: the Creek Indians and their world
By: by Robbie Ethridge.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Creek Indians -- History; Creek Indians -- Land tenure; Creek Indians -- Government relations
Other titles: Creek Indians and their world
Description: Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, the author illuminates a time of wrenching transition. Creek Country presents a compelling portrait of a culture in crisis, of its resiliency in the face of profound change, and of the forces that pushed it into decisive, destructive conflict.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Benjamin Hawkins in Creek country -- -- The; title: beginnings of Creek country: a historical overview -- -- The; title: landscape of Creek country -- -- The; title: heart of Creek country -- -- The; title: people of Creek country -- -- The; title: hinterlands --; title: Creek farmers --; title: Creek ranchers --; title: Entrepreneurs, wage laborers, thieves, and the frontier exchange economy of Creek country -- -- The; title: selling of Creek country -- -- The; title: closing of Creek country.