A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816

Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indians and forever changed the Deep South. As the Creeks amassed a fortune in cattle and slaves, new property fostered a new possessiveness, and government by coercion bred confrontation. A New Order of Things is the first book to chronicle this decisive transformation in America's early history, a transformation that left deep divisions between the wealthy and poor, powerful and powerless.

ISBN-13: 9780521669436

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 08-28-1999

Pages: 314

Product Dimensions: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Series: Studies in North American Indian History