In the era of the American Revolution, the rituals of diplomacy between the British, Patriots, and Native Americans feat
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Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction: Why the Fight against Hunger Mattered
Part One: Power Rising
1. Hunger, Accommodation, and Violence in Colonial America
2. Iroquois Food Diplomacy in the Revolutionary North
3. Cherokee and Creek Victual Warfare in the Revolutionary South
Part Two: Power in Flux
4. Black Victual Warriors and Hunger Creation
5. Fighting Hunger, Fearing Violence after the Revolutionary War
6. Learning from Food Laws in Nova Scotia
Part Three: Power Waning
7. Victual Imperialism and U.S. Indian Policy
8. Black Loyalist Hunger Prevention in Sierra Leone
Conclusion: Why Native and Black Revolutionaries Lost the Fight
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Note
Notes
Index