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Engines of Diplomacy
David Andrew Nichols
其他書名
Indian Trading Factories and the Negotiation of American Empire
出版UNC Press Books, 2016-04-12
主題History / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasHistory / United States / 19th CenturySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies
ISBN146962690X9781469626901
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4Mo3CwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋As a fledgling republic, the United States implemented a series of trading outposts to engage indigenous peoples and to expand American interests west of the Appalachian Mountains. Under the authority of the executive branch, this Indian factory system was designed to strengthen economic ties between Indian nations and the United States, while eliminating competition from unscrupulous fur traders. In this detailed history of the Indian factory system, David Andrew Nichols demonstrates how Native Americans and U.S. government authorities sought to exert their power in the trading posts by using them as sites for commerce, political maneuvering, and diplomatic action.

Using the factory system as a lens through which to study the material, political, and economic lives of Indian peoples, Nichols also sheds new light on the complexities of trade and diplomacy between whites and Native Americans. Though the system ultimately disintegrated following the War of 1812 and the Panic of 1819, Nichols shows that these factories nonetheless served as important centers of economic and political authority for an expanding inland empire.