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Morgan, M. J., 1955-

Land of big rivers French & Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 / [print and electronic resource] : M.J. Morgan. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010. - xiv, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Shawnee books .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: a word about buffalo -- Illinois country ecology -- The flourishing floodplain, 1699-1750 -- Cahokia : French and Indian struggles -- Chartres : French and Indian successes -- Trade matrix at Fort Chartres : farmers, traders, and provisioners -- Interlude : prairie invasions, 1751-52 -- Uplands arena, 1750-78 -- A ragged resource war : British in the Illinois -- Predations and survivals : French, British, and Indian Illinois -- Epilogue: losses.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780809329885 (paper : alk. paper) 0809329883 (paper : alk. paper) 9780809385645 (ebook) 0809385643 (ebook)

LCCN: 2009037935

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois.
Human ecology--History--Illinois--18th century.
Floodplains--History--Illinois--18th century.
Uplands--History--Illinois--18th century.
French--History--Illinois--18th century.
Indians of North America--History--Illinois--18th century.
British--History--Illinois--18th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Illinois--History--To 1778.
Illinois--Environmental conditions.
Illinois--Ethnic relations--History--18th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F544 / .M86 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 977.3/01