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: | 9780812246476 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2014 |
| Author: | Jean R Soderlund |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press an imprint of University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 252 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. 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.
Lenape Country features in the following genres: History of the Americas
Lenape Country is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Lenape Country was written by Jean R Soderlund and published by University of Pennsylvania Press an imprint of University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Lenape Country has 252 pages
Yes it is part of Early American Studies series