Beyond the Covenant Chain
The Iroquois and Their Neighbors in Indian North America, 1600–1800
Daniel K Richter editor James H Merrell editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
Published:15th Apr '03
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For centuries the Western view of the Iroquois was clouded by the myth that they were the supermen of the frontier—"the Romans of this Western World," as De Witt Clinton called them in 1811. Only in recent years have scholars come to realize the extent to which Europeans had exaggerated the power of the Iroquois.
First published in 1987, Beyond the Covenant Chain was one of the first studies to acknowledge fully that the Iroquois never had an empire. It remains the best study of diplomatic and military relations among Native American groups in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century North America.
Published in paperback for the first time, it features a new introduction by Richter and Merrell. Contributors include Douglas W. Boyce, Mary A. Druke-Becker, Richard L. Haan, Francis Jennings, Michael N. McConnell, Theda Perdue, and Neal Salisbury.
“A state-of-the-art look at Iroquois relations with other tribes. . . . An excellent example of how an Indian-centered approach to colonial history can contribute to our understanding of the broader world in which all colonial Americans lived.”
—Richard Aquila
“Beyond the Covenant Chain . . . will prove invaluable to anyone interested in the experiences of one of the most important and complex Indian peoples of colonial North America.”
—Christine Bolt The Journal of American History
“A must for serious students of the Iroquois and Indian-white relations in the colonial period.”
—William A. Starna Ethnohistory
“These fine studies of Indian-Indian relations provide a more accurate picture of Iroquois power and presence in native North America and demonstrate that the field of Iroquois history is far from overworked.”
—Colin G. Calloway American Historical Review
ISBN: 9780271022994
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 367g
232 pages