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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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 314
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780521669436
  • Genres
  • history
  • Release date
  • 1999