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PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
ISBN-100820340936
ISBN-139780820340937
eBay Product ID (ePID)110946046
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLachlan Mcgillivray, Indian Trader : the Shaping of the Southern Colonial Frontier
Publication Year2012
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Adventurers & Explorers, Native American
TypeTextbook
AuthorEdward J. Cashin
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"A valuable contribution to the growing list of scholarly works on the development of the southern frontier economy, society, and politics."-- Journal of American History, A valuable contribution to the growing list of scholarly works on the development of the southern frontier economy, society, and politics.
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SynopsisOn the southern colonial frontier--the lands south of the Carolinas from the Savannah to the Mississippi rivers--Indian traders were an essential commercial and political link between Native Americans and European settlers. By following the career of one influential trader from 1736 to 1776, Edward J. Cashin presents a historical perspective of the frontier not as the edge of European civilization but as a zone of constant change and interaction between many cultures. Lachlan McGillivray knew firsthand of the frontier's natural wealth and strategic importance to England, France, and Spain, because he lived deep within it among his wife's people, the Creeks. Until he returned to his native Scotland in 1782, he witnessed, and often participated in, the major events shaping the region--from decisive battles to major treaties and land cessions. He was both a consultant to the leaders of colonial Georgia and South Carolina and their emissary to the great chiefs of the Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chickasaws. Cashin discusses the aims and ambitions of the frontier's many interest groups, profiles the figures who catalyzed the power struggles, and explains events from the vantage points of traders and Native Americans. He also offers information about the rise of the southern elite, for in the decade before he left America, McGillivray was a successful planter and slave trader, a popular politician, and a member of the Savannah gentry. Against the panorama of the southern colonial frontier, Edward J. Cashin affirms the importance of traders in regional and international politics and commerce., By following the career of one influential trader (Lachlan McGillivray) from 1736 to 1776, Cashin presents a historical perspective of the frontier, as a zone of interaction between many cultures. Cashin profiles the figures who catalyzed the power struggles and explains events from the vantage points of traders and Native Americans.
