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Author Volo, James M., 1947-

Title Daily life on the old colonial frontier / James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1123778~S1
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Description xxiii, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Series Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.
Note "Chronology": p. [vii]-xvii.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-321) and index.
Contents Wilderness and the promised land -- The eastern woodland culture -- The tomahawk and the Cross -- Intertribal trade and warfare -- Anglo-America : the English colonies -- Family and household -- Hearth and home -- The French regime in Canada -- The fur trade -- The militia -- Flaming frontiers -- Tedious days and frightful nights -- Frontier fortifications -- The opening rounds of the conflict -- The final struggle for a continent.
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- North America.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- To 1789.
Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans.
Fur trade -- Social aspects -- North America -- History.
North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Europe -- Territorial expansion -- Social aspects.
North America -- Ethnic relations.
France -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Relations -- France.
Added Author Volo, Dorothy Denneen, 1949-
Added Title Life on the old colonial frontier
ISBN 031331103X
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