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Seeds of Empire: The American Revolutionary Conquest of the Iroquois
Max M. Mintz
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Description for Seeds of Empire: The American Revolutionary Conquest of the Iroquois
Paperback. The American Revolution was a struggle not only for independence, but for the lands of American Indians. This is an account of the events surrounding the scorched-earth campaign against the Iroquois of New York and the eastern territories in 1779. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 365.
Seeds of Empire recreates the events surrounding General John Sullivan's scorched-earth campaign against the Six Nations of the American Indians of New York and the Eastern territories in 1779, following the surrender of General John Burgoyne's British army at the Battle of Saratoga. Mintz's meticulous historical research and renowned storytelling ability give life to this arresting narrative as it probes the mechanisms of the American Revolution and the structure and function of the Iroquois Six Nations.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814756232
SKU
V9780814756232
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About Max M. Mintz
Max M. Mintz is Professor Emeritus of History at Southern Connecticut State University and author of Gouverneur Morris and the American Revolution and The Generals of Saratoga: John Burgoyne and Horatio Gates.
Reviews for Seeds of Empire: The American Revolutionary Conquest of the Iroquois
Packed with juicy nuggets of detail and clearly the result of prodigious research in primary sources.
William and Mary Quarterly
In an unsparing and meticulously researched narrative, Mintz confronts the hard facts of a seamy side of the Revolution, a warfare in which both sides aimed at desolation and succeeded.
Edmund S. Morgan,Yale University Max Mintz's fascinating ... Read more
William and Mary Quarterly
In an unsparing and meticulously researched narrative, Mintz confronts the hard facts of a seamy side of the Revolution, a warfare in which both sides aimed at desolation and succeeded.
Edmund S. Morgan,Yale University Max Mintz's fascinating ... Read more