| The Pequot War Contributor(s): Cave, Alfred A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558490302 ISBN-13: 9781558490307 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1996 Annotation: "A masterful analysis of events and beliefs that led up to the Peqout War". -- Boston Sunday Globe |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 973.22 |
| LCCN: 95-47282 |
| Lexile Measure: 1530 |
| Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, & the Contemporary (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.05" W x 9.04" (0.80 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers the first full-scale analysis of the Pequot War (1636-37), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. Through an innovative rereading of the Puritan sources, Alfred A. Cave refutes claims that settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy to exterminate Europeans. Drawing on archaeological, linguistic, and anthropological evidences to trace the evolution of the conflict, he sheds new light on the motivations of the Pequots and their Indian allies. He also provides a reappraisal of the interaction of ideology and self- interest as motivating factors in the Puritan attack on the Pequots. |