| The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Fro Subjects: Iroquois Indians -- Government relations; Iroquois Indians -- History -- 18th century; Iroquois Indians -- History -- 17th century; Europe -- Colonies -- America; United States -- History -- Colonial period ca. 1600–1775; Iroquois Indians -- Canada -- Hi; The Texture of Contact is a landmark study of Iroquois and European communities and coexistence in eastern North America before the American Revolution. David L. Preston details the ways in which European and Iroquois settlers on the frontiers creatively adapted to each otherOCOs presence, weaving webs of mutually beneficial social, economic, and religious relationships that sustained the peace for most of the eighteenth century." David L. Preston is an assistant professor of history at the Citadel. |