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A classic resource on the struggle for dominance in southern North America during the colonial period

This volume recounts the clashes and intrigues that played out over the landscape of the Old Southwest and across six decades as the Spanish, French, British, and ultimately Americans vied for control. Rivalry began soon after initial discovery, mapping, and exploration as the world powers, particularly England and France, competed for control of the lucrative fur trade in the Mississippi valley. The French attempted to establish trade networks stretching from the Atlantic Ocean inland to the Mississippi River and northward from ports on the Gulf of Mexico to the Ohio River. But they found the British already entrenched there.

Verner Crane guides us through this multinational struggle and navigates the border wars and diplomatic intrigues that played crucial roles in the settlement of the South by Euro-Americans. In his new introduction, Steven Hahn places the work in the context of its time, sketches its publication history, and provides biographical information on Crane.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Front Matter
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  1. PREFACE
  2. pp. vii-xi
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  1. CONTENTS
  2. p. xiii
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  1. INTRODUCTION TO 2004 EDITION
  2. pp. xv-xxvii
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  1. ABBREVIATIONS
  2. p. xxix
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  1. CHAPTER I: FIRST CONTACTS WITH THE SPANISH AND THE INDIANS
  2. pp. 3-21
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  1. CHAPTER II: CAROLINIAN EXPANSION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
  2. pp. 22-46
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  1. CHAPTER III: THE MISSISSIPPI QUESTION, 1697-1702
  2. pp. 47-70
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  1. CHAPTER IV: THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER IN QUEEN ANNE'S WAR
  2. pp. 71-107
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  1. CHAPTER V: THE CHARLES TOWN INDIAN TRADE
  2. pp. 108-136
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  1. CHAPTER VI: TRADE REGULATION AND INTERCOLONIAL PROBLEMS, 1670-1715
  2. pp. 137-161
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  1. CHAPTER VII: THE YAMASEE WAR, 1715-1716
  2. pp. 162-186
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  1. CHAPTER VIII: DEFENSE AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1715-1732
  2. pp. 187-205
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  1. CHAPTER IX: BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH WESTERN POLICY, 1715-1721
  2. pp. 206-234
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  1. CHAPTER X: THE CAROLINA-FLORIDA BORDER, 1721-1730
  2. pp. 235-253
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  1. CHAPTER XI: INTERNATIONAL RIVALRIES IN THE OLD SOUTHWEST, 1715-1730
  2. pp. 254-280
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  1. CHAPTER XII: THE BOARD OF TRADE AND SOUTHERN COLONIZATION, 1721-1730
  2. pp. 281-302
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  1. CHAPTER XIII: THE PHILANTHROPISTS AND THE GENESIS OF GEORGIA
  2. pp. 303-325
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  1. APPENDICES
  2. pp. 327-333
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  1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  2. pp. 335-356
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  1. INDEX
  2. pp. 359-391
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