Robert M Owens
Biographic Data
| ID | 684790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Owens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Owens |
| SIGNATURE | OWENS R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wichita State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest: Indian Women of the Ohio River Valley, 1690-1792
Scholars have long chronicled and analyzed the contest for the Ohio Valley and the dispossession of its Native peoples. Susan Sleeper-Smith is the first to provide an in-depth examination of Indian women and how directly their indigenous economy played into the conquest. Sleeper-Smith uses the 1791 raid of Kentucky militia general Charles Scott as a framing device for the book. Scott, a famous “Indian fighter,” was ordered by President George Was…
The Divided Dominion: Social Conflict and Indian Hatred in Early Virginia
In The Divided Dominion, Ethan A. Schmidt seeks to illustrate a common thread in the first century of English colonization in Virginia, namely the popular appeal and impact of violence toward Indians. The brutal race war against Virginia's Indians in what came to be known as Bacon's Rebellion was not a sudden anomaly, he argues. It was the result of decades of Virginia elites unwittingly giving sanction to the killing of Indians for immediate gai…
Between Two Fires: Elusive Justice on the Cherokee-Tennessee Frontier, 1796-1814
Between Two Fires”Elusive Justice on the Cherokee-Tennessee Frontier, 1796–1814 Robert M. Owens (bio) The decades after the American Revolution saw strenuous efforts to both foment and terminate bloodshed between Indians and whites. The key issue was, of course, the disposition of Indian lands. Common white frontiersmen and Indian warriors were quick to kill their opposites in an attempt to hold or seize territory, which often led to cyclical, re…
The Cherokee Nation: A History
Jeffersonian Benevolence on the Ground: The Indian Land Cession Treaties of William Henry Harrison
Analyzing Indian treaties in the early republic presents a number of difficulties, especially when they involve the enigmatic third president. Thomas Jefferson wanted to preserve native peoples, but not native cultures. He wanted to treat Indians with justice. Justice, however, always proved secondary to the desire for America's constantly expanding Empire for Liberty. Jefferson rationalized mightily, deciding that Indians would be healthier and …
Jeffersonian Benevolence on the Ground: The Indian Land Cession Treaties of William Henry Harrison
Analyzing Indian treaties in the early republic presents a number of difficulties, especially when they involve the enigmatic third president. Thomas Jefferson wanted to preserve native peoples, but not native cultures. He wanted to treat Indians with justice. Justice, however, always proved secondary to the desire for America's constantly expanding Empire for Liberty. Jefferson rationalized mightily, deciding that Indians would be healthier and …
The Cherokee Nation: A History
Jeffersonian Benevolence on the Ground: The Indian Land Cession Treaties of William Henry Harrison
Analyzing Indian treaties in the early republic presents a number of difficulties, especially when they involve the enigmatic third president. Thomas Jefferson wanted to preserve native peoples, but not native cultures. He wanted to treat Indians with justice. Justice, however, always proved secondary to the desire for America's constantly expanding Empire for Liberty. Jefferson rationalized mightily, deciding that Indians would be healthier and …
The Cherokee Nation: A History
The Divided Dominion: Social Conflict and Indian Hatred in Early Virginia
In The Divided Dominion, Ethan A. Schmidt seeks to illustrate a common thread in the first century of English colonization in Virginia, namely the popular appeal and impact of violence toward Indians. The brutal race war against Virginia's Indians in what came to be known as Bacon's Rebellion was not a sudden anomaly, he argues. It was the result of decades of Virginia elites unwittingly giving sanction to the killing of Indians for immediate gai…
Between Two Fires: Elusive Justice on the Cherokee-Tennessee Frontier, 1796-1814
Between Two Fires”Elusive Justice on the Cherokee-Tennessee Frontier, 1796–1814 Robert M. Owens (bio) The decades after the American Revolution saw strenuous efforts to both foment and terminate bloodshed between Indians and whites. The key issue was, of course, the disposition of Indian lands. Common white frontiersmen and Indian warriors were quick to kill their opposites in an attempt to hold or seize territory, which often led to cyclical, re…
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest: Indian Women of the Ohio River Valley, 1690-1792
Scholars have long chronicled and analyzed the contest for the Ohio Valley and the dispossession of its Native peoples. Susan Sleeper-Smith is the first to provide an in-depth examination of Indian women and how directly their indigenous economy played into the conquest. Sleeper-Smith uses the 1791 raid of Kentucky militia general Charles Scott as a framing device for the book. Scott, a famous “Indian fighter,” was ordered by President George Was…
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