"Some by flatteries and others by threatenings": Political strategies among Native Americans of seventeenth-century southern New England

This dissertation examines political processes within Native American societies of seventeenth-century southern New England, focusing on the strategies used by individuals and groups to legitimize or challenge political authority within Native society. Documentary, archaeological, and oral history d...

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Main Author: Johnson, Eric Spencer
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1993
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9316670