Zamumo's Gifts : Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (243 pages)
- Early American Studies .
- Early American Studies .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Spirit of a Feather: The Politics of Mississippian Exchange -- 2. Floods and Feathers: From the Mississippian to the Floridian -- 3. Seeking the Atlantic: The Growth of Trade -- 4. Following the White Path: Migration and the Muskogees' Quest for Security -- 5. Creating White Hearts: Anxious Alliances amid the Slave Trade -- 6. The Yamasee War: Trade Reformed, a Region Reoriented -- 7. Cries of ''Euchee!'': Imperial Trade in a Creek Southeast -- Conclusion: Gifts and Trade, Towns and Empires -- Notes -- Glossary of Native Place Names -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Zamumo's Gifts traces the evolution of Indian-European exchange, from gift giving as a diplomatic tool to the trade of commodities that bound colonists and Natives in commercial relations.
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Europeans-Commerce-Southern States-History-17th century. Europeans-Commerce-Southern States-History-18th century. Indians of North America-Commerce-Southern States-History-17th century. Indians of North America-Commerce-Southern States-History-18th century. Indians of North America-First contact with other peoples-Southern States. Indians of North America-Southern States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Southern States-History-Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.