Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations and maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fair persuasions: Power among the Creeks; 2 "Martial virtue, and not riches": The Creek relationship to property; 3 Alexander McGillivray: Mestizo yet Indian; 4 Forging a social compact; 5 Blacks in Creek country; 6 New roles for women and warriors; 7 Creating a country of laws and property; 8 The power of writing; 9 The hungry years; 10 Seminole resistance; 11 The Redstick War; 12 The Negro Fort; Index
Summary
As the Creek Indians amassed a fortune in cattle and slaves, new property fostered a new possessiveness, and government by coercion bred confrontation. A New Order of Things is the first book to chronicle this decisive transformation which left deep divisions between the wealthy and poor, powerful and powerless
