Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld

Great Lakes Creoles : a French-Indian community on the northern borderlands, Prairie du Chien, 1750-1860 / Lucy Eldersveld Murphy - India Cambridge University Press 2014 - 313 p. - Studies in North American Indian history .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The rightful owners of the soil": colonization and land -- "To intermeddle in political affairs": new institutions, elections, and lawmaking -- "Damned yankee court and jury": more new institutions, keeping order and peace -- Public mothers: women, networks, and changing gender roles -- "A humble ... people": economic adaptations -- Blanket claims and family clusters: autonomy, land, migration, and persistence.

9781107052864 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107674745 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2014002459


Creoles--History.--Wisconsin--Prairie du Chien


Prairie du Chien (Wis.)--History.
Prairie du Chien (Wis.)--Race relations--History.

F589.P8 / M87 2014

305.80097 MUR-L