Contested Spaces of Early America

Juliana Barr is Associate Professor of History at Duke University and author of Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands. Edward Countryman is University Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University and author of several books, including The American Revolution, Americans: A Collision of Histories, and most recently Enjoy the Same Liberty: Black Americans and the Revolutionary Era.

"Contested Spaces of Early America offers readers a cross section of thoughtful new approaches to American history, which is finally beginning to fulfill its promise as a history of all Americans."-Journal of Historical Geography"Bold, innovative, and ambitious, Contested Spaces of Early America is an excellent volume that engages with the state of the field like few others."-AndrÉs ResÉndez, University of California, Davis

• Introduction. Maps and Spaces, Paths to Connect, and Lines to Divide-Juliana Barr and Edward CountrymanPART I. SPACES AND POWERChapter 1. The Shapes of Power: Indians, Europeans, and North American Worlds from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century-Pekka HÄmÄlÄinenChapter 2. Dispossession in a Commercial Idiom: From Indian Deeds to Land Cession Treaties-Allan GreerPART II. SPACES AND LANDSCAPESChapter 3. The Mandans: Ecology, Population, and Adaptation on the Northern Plains-Elizabeth FennChapter 4. Colonial Spaces in the Fragmented Communities of Northern New Spain-Cynthia RaddingChapter 5. Transformations: The Rio de la Plata During the Bourbon Era-RaÚl JosÉ MandriniPART III. SPACE AND RESETTLEMENTSChapter 6. Blurred Borders: North America's Forgotten Apache Reservations-Matthew BabcockChapter 7. The Forced Transfer of Indians in Nueva Vizcaya and Sinaloa: A Hispanic Method of Colonization-Chantal CramausselChapter 8. Remaking Americans: Louisiana, Upper Canada, and Texas-Alan TaylorPART IV. SPACES AND MEMORYChapter 9. Blood Talk: Violence and Belonging in the Navajo-New Mexican Borderland-Brian DeLayChapter 10. Toward a New Literary History of the West: Etahdleuh Doanmoe's Captivity Narrative-Birgit Brander RasmussenChapter 11. Toward an Indigenous Art History of the West: The Segesser Hide Paintings-Ned BlackhawkChapter 12. The Borderlands and Lost Worlds of Early America-Samuel TruettNotesList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments