Description
Book Synopsis"Subjects Unto the Same King offers a comprehensive survey of the structure and functionality of authority within and between cultures in seventeenth-century New England."-William and Mary Quarterly
Trade Review"Successfully integrating British Atlantic and ethnohistoric perspectives, Pulsipher demonstrates Indians' intimate involvement in seventeenth-century colonial power struggles that spanned the Atlantic. Arguing that neither natives nor settlers can be treated as monoliths whether internally or in their dealings with one another, the author breaks significant new ground on the road to integrating native and settler experiences into a larger early America." *
William and Mary Quarterly *
"Essential. . . . This will become
the book about King Philip's War in New England and its larger political significance in early American history." *
Choice *
"A new and important analysis of a crucial moment in American history. But rather than repeat an old story, Pulsipher here has told a new one, emphasizing that disputes hinged on questions of authority-who possessed it, who wanted it, who got it, and what they did with it. There are keen insights in almost every chapter, and the research is excellent. Pulsipher knows the existing documentary literature perhaps better than anyone who has worked on this subject." * Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California *
Table of ContentsNote on the Text
Introduction
Models of Authority
Massachusetts Under Fire
Years of Uncertainty
Allies Fall Away
The "Narragansett War"
A Perilous Middle Ground
Massachusetts's Authority Undermined
A Crisis of Spirit
Massachusetts Fights Alone
Surrendering Authority
Epilogue
League of Peace Between Massasoit and Plymouth
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
