Research Catalog

Title

Choctaws in a revolutionary age, 1750-1830 / Greg O'Brien ; with an afterword by the author.

Author

O'Brien, Greg, 1966-

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005.

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Details

Description

xxvii, 164 p. : map; 24 cm.

Summary

• "This story of the Choctaws is told through the lives of two remarkable leaders, Taboca and Franchimastabe, during a period of extraordinary change, 1750-1830. Both men achieved recognition as warriors in the eighteenth century but then followed very different paths of leadership. Taboca was a traditional Choctaw leader, a "prophet-chief" whose authority was deeply rooted in the spiritual realm. The foundation of Franchimastabe's power was more externally driven, resting on trade with Europeans and American colonists and the acquisition of manufactured goods.
• Frauchimastabe responded to shifting circumstances outside the Choctaw nation by pushing the source of authority in novel directions, straddling spiritual and economic power in a way unfathomable to Taboca."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Indians of the Southeast

Uniform Title

Indians of the Southeast.

Subjects

• History
• Case studies
• Choctaw Indians > Cultural assimilation
• Power (Social sciences) > Case studies
• Choctaw Indians > History > 19th century
• Choctaw Indians > History > 18th century

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-158) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Choctaws and power -- The multiethnic confederacy -- Warriors, warfare, and male power -- Power derived from the outside world -- Trading for power -- Otherworldly power and power in transition.

ISBN

• 0803286228 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780803286221

LCCN

^^2005011421

OCLC

• 59879587
• SCSB-12552938

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library