Behind the Frontier

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Behind the Frontier

Indians in Eighteenth-Century Eastern Massachusetts

Daniel R. Mandell

257 pages
Maps

Paperback

August 2000

978-0-8032-8249-0

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About the Book

Behind the Frontier tells the story of the Indians in Massachusetts as English settlements encroached on their traditional homeland between 1675 and 1775, from King Philip’s War to the Battle of Bunker Hill. Daniel R. Mandell explores how local needs and regional conditions shaped an Indian ethnic group that transcended race, tribe, village, and clan, with a culture that incorporated new ways while maintaining a core of "Indian" customs. He examines the development of Native American communities in eastern Massachusetts, many of which survive today, and observes emerging patterns of adaptation and resistance that were played out in different settings as the American nation grew westward in the nineteenth century.

Author Bio

Daniel R. Mandell is an assistant professor of history at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri.

Awards

1999 American Association for State and Local History Award Winner