Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier

by Ian Saxine

A fascinating history of a contested frontier, where struggles over landownership brought Native Americans and English colonists together in surprising ways to preserve Indigenous territory.

Properties of Empire shows the dynamic relationship between Native and English systems of property on the turbulent edge of Britain's empire, and how so many colonists came to believe their prosperity depended on acknowledging Indigenous land rights.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147983212X
• ISBN13: 9781479832125
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"