Empire by Collaboration: Indians, Colonists, and Governments in Colonial Illinois Country

by Robert Michael Morrissey

From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous early settlements were brought into the French empire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246993
• ISBN13: 9780812246995
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"