LEADER 04532cam 2200685 i 4500001 on1022725800 003 OCoLC 005 20181121202917.9 008 181016t20182018enkab b 001 0 eng c 020 9781108426794 |q(hardcover) 020 1108426794 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9781108630870 |q(PDF electronic book) 035 (Sirsi) 99979041083 035 99979041083 035 (OCoLC)1022725800 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dYAM |dEAU |dVA@ |dOCLCF |dUKMGB |dOBE |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-use--n-us--- 050 4 GF504.N86 |bW53 2018 082 04 974.02 |223 100 1 Wickman, Thomas M., |eauthor. |=^A1372034 245 10 Snowshoe country : |ban environmental and cultural history of winter in the early American Northeast / |cThomas M. Wickman. 264 1 Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY, United States of America : |bCambridge University Press, |c2018. 264 4 |c©2018 300 xvi, 310 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Studies in environment and history 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction -- Snowshoes and indigenous winter ecologies -- Overwintering, or when colonists stayed year-round -- Seasons of violence and routes to safety in King Philip's War -- Frigid nights and icy days in colonial Boston -- Wabanaki winter knowledge in the coldest years -- Snowshoe men and a new season of want -- The idea of apolitical New England winters -- Seasons and survivance -- Conclusion. 520 "Snowshoe Country is an environmental and cultural history of winter in the colonial American Northeast, closely examining indigenous and settler knowledge of snow, ice, and life in the cold. Indigenous communities in this region were more knowledgeable about the cold than European newcomers from temperate climates, and English settlers were especially slow to adapt. To keep surviving the winter year after year and decade after decade, English colonists relied on Native assistance, borrowed indigenous winter knowledge, and followed seasonal diplomatic protocols to ensure stable relations with tribal leaders. Thomas M. Wickman explores how fluctuations in winter weather and the halting exchange of winter knowledge both inhibited and facilitated English colonialism from the 1620s to the early 1700s. As their winter survival strategies improved, due to skills and technologies appropriated from Natives, colonial leaders were able to impose a new political ecology in the greater Northeast, projecting year-round authority over indigenous lands."--Page i. 650 0 Human beings |xEffect of climate on |zNortheastern States |xHistory. |=^A396789 650 0 Winter |zNortheastern States |xHistory. |=^A174500 650 0 Indians of North America |zNortheastern States |xHistory. |=^A472089 650 0 Traditional ecological knowledge |zNortheastern States. |=^A692494 650 0 Colonists |zNortheastern States |xHistory. |=^A836982 650 0 Human ecology |zNortheastern States |xHistory. |=^A165 650 0 Climate and civilization |zNortheastern States |xHistory. |=^A692516 651 0 Northeastern States |xEnvironmental conditions |xHistory. |=^A650591 651 0 United States |xHistory |yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |=^A310854 650 7 Climate and civilization. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00864228 650 7 Colonists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00868479 650 7 Ecology. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00901476 650 7 Human beings |xEffect of climate on. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00962839 650 7 Human ecology. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00962941 650 7 Indians of North America. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00969633 650 7 Traditional ecological knowledge. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01153965 650 7 Winter. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01176048 651 7 Northeastern States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01242521 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1600-1775 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iebook version : |z9781108630870 830 0 Studies in environment and history. |=^A127013 949 |i30372016680321 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s49.99 |tJoyner48 |uJGEG |zUSD 596 1 998 5009286