Engines of Diplomacy
Indian Trading Factories and the Negotiation of American Empire
By David Andrew Nichols
270 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 4 halftones, 1 fig., 2 maps, 12 tables, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-2689-5
Published: May 2016 -
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-2889-9
Published: May 2016 -
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Published: April 2016 -
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Published: April 2016
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Using the factory system as a lens through which to study the material, political, and economic lives of Indian peoples, Nichols also sheds new light on the complexities of trade and diplomacy between whites and Native Americans. Though the system ultimately disintegrated following the War of 1812 and the Panic of 1819, Nichols shows that these factories nonetheless served as important centers of economic and political authority for an expanding inland empire.
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David Andrew Nichols is associate professor of history at Indiana State University.
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“Invaluable for those working on federal Indian policy in the early American republic for decades to come.”--H-Net
"In this much-needed and fascinating look into the role of Indian trading factories in American history, David Nichols illustrates with nuance and detail the myriad ways that America’s expansion hinged on Native dispossession."--Michael Witgen, University of Michigan
"David Nichols’s book shows that the Indian factories of the early republic cannot be understood simply as economic ventures. Rather, they performed far more important work as extensions of politics and diplomacy between the United States and Indigenous people. Astounding in its research, this book is bound to be an important contribution to the field."--Rebecca Kugel, University of California, Riverside