Drawing on a wide range of sources, author Jean R. Soderlund demonstrates that the hallmarks of Delaware Valley society commitment to personal freedom, religious liberty, peaceful resolution of conflict, and opposition to hierarchical government-began in the Delaware Valley not with Quaker ideals or the leadership of William Penn but with the Lenape Indians, whose culture played a key role in shaping Delaware Valley society.
The first comprehensive account of the Lenape Indians and their encounters with European settlers before Pennsylvania's founding, Lenape Country places Native culture at the center of this part of North America.
| ISBN: | 9780812223637 |
| Publication date: | 11th May 2016 |
| Author: | Jean R Soderlund |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Series: | Early American Studies |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas |
Drawing on a wide range of sources, author Jean R. Soderlund demonstrates that the hallmarks of Delaware Valley society commitment to personal freedom, religious liberty, peaceful resolution of conflict, and opposition to hierarchical government-began in the Delaware Valley not with Quaker ideals or the leadership of William Penn but with the Lenape Indians, whose culture played a key role in shaping Delaware Valley society.
Lenape Country features in the following genres: History of the Americas
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Lenape Country was written by Jean R Soderlund and published by University of Pennsylvania Press
Lenape Country has 264 pages
Yes it is part of Early American Studies series