Engines of diplomacy : Indian trading factories and the negotiation of American empire / David Andrew Nichols.

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"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 betwe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nichols, David Andrew, 1970- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Trading posts > United States > History.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations > 1789-1869.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Trading posts.
United States.
1789-1869
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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