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

By Claudio Saunt

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521660432
• ISBN13: 9780521660433
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"