 | Most Pernicious Thing: Gun Trading and Native Warfare in the Early Contact Period Subjects: Indian of North American -- First Contact with Europeans; Indians of North America -- History -- Colonial period ca. 1600–1775; Indians of North America -- Foreign influences; Firearms and trade -- North America; 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. |
