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The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 (Studies in North American Indian History)

by Richard White · 1991

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A mutually comprehensible world was established by Europeans and Indians in 1650 in the region around the Great Lakes that the French called the Pays d'en haut. This account reveals how a middle ground for sharing values thrived for 165 years.

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American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisNative AmericanNative AmericanMore like thisLess of thiscolonialismcolonialismMore like thisLess of thisarchaeologyarchaeologyMore like thisLess of this
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Great Lakes RegionGreat Lakes RegionMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisAmerican WestAmerican WestMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 562 pages

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