A New Order of Things
Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733–1816
- Hardback
- ISBN:9780521660433
- Publication date:August 1999
- 314pages
- 4 b/w illus. 2 maps 1 table
- Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.63kg
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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.
