A most pernicious thing : gun trading and Native warfare in the early contact period / Brian J. Given.
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TextPublication details: Ottawa, Canada : Carleton University Press, (c)1994.Description: 1 online resource (138 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9780773573864
- Gun trading and Native warfare in the early contact period
- E98 .M678 1994
- E45
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Includes bibliographical references.
1. Contemporary ethnohistory -- The gun in Europe : evolution and deployment -- 3. Colonial arms -- 4. The Native/European gun trade before 1640 -- 5. The weapons trade begins in earnest -- 6. 1655 to the end of King Philip's War 1676 -- 7. The musket : operational parameters -- 8. Conclusions and hypotheses -- Appendix: Notes on lethality.
The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue.
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