A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733 1816

Author/Contributor(s):	Staunt, Claudio ; Saunt, Claudio ; Hoxie, Frederick
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	09/12/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indians and forever changed the Deep South. As the Creeks amassed a fortune in cattle and slaves, new property fostered a new possessiveness, and government by coercion bred confrontation. A New Order of Things is the first book to chronicle this decisive transformation in America's early history, a transformation that left deep divisions between the wealthy and poor, powerful and powerless.