The Pequot War

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This book offers the first full-scale analysis of the Pequot War (1636-37), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. Through an innovative rereading of the Puritan sources, Alfred A. Cave refutes claims that settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy to exterminate Europeans. Drawing on archaeological, linguistic, and anthropological evidences to trace the evolution of the conflict, he sheds new light on the motivations of the Pequots and their Indian allies, the fur trad…

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Title Statements

Full title :The Pequot War / Alfred A. Cave.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Massachusetts Press
Place of Publication:Amherst
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1996.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 219 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1558490299, 9781558490291, 1558490302, 9781558490307
oclc:ocm33405267
LC Classification:E83.63
Dewey Decimal:973.2/2

1. Preconceptions and misperceptions -- 2. Wampum, pelts, and power -- 3. Pequots and Puritans: the origins of the conflict -- 4. The Pequots humbled -- 5. The Pequot War and the mythology of the frontier.

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Attitudes envers les Indiens d'Amérique… Guerre des Pequot, 1636-1638 History Indians -- Treatment -- 17th century. -… Indians, Treatment of Indians, Treatment of -- History -- 17t… New England Pequot (Indiens) -- Histoire -- 17e siè… Pequot (Indiens) -- Relations avec l'Ét… Pequot Indians Pequot Indians -- Government relations Pequot Indians -- History -- 17th centu… Pequot War, 1636-1638 Pequot-Krieg Puritains -- Histoire -- 17e siècle. --… Puritans Puritans -- History -- 17th century. --…