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Drawing on archaeological evidence and utilizing often neglected Spanish source material, "The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763, explores the political history of the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama and the emergence of the Creek Nation during the colonial era in the American Southeast ...

Drawing on archaeological evidence and utilizing often neglected Spanish source material, "The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763, explores the political history of the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama and the emergence of the Creek Nation during the colonial era in the American Southeast. In part a study of Creek foreign relations, this book examines the creation and application of the "neutrality" policy--defined here as the Coweta Resolution of 1718--for which the Creeks have long been famous, in an era marked by the imperial struggle for the American South. Also a study of the culture of internal Creek politics, this work shows the persistence of a "traditional" kinship-based political system in which town and clan affiliation remained supremely important. These traditions, coupled with political intrusions of the region's three European powers, promoted the spread of Creek factionalism and mitigated the development of a regional Creek Confederacy. But while traditions persisted, the struggle to maintain territorial integrity against Britain also promoted political innovation. In this context, the territorially defined Creek Nation emerged as a legal concept in the era of the French and Indian War, as imperial policies of an earlier era gave way to the territorial politics that marked the beginning of a new one.

In Between Woman & Nation the constructions nationalism, homeland, country, region, & locality are for the first time examined in the context of gender. The contributors-leading scholars of ethnicity, transnationalism, globalization, & feminist theory-are united in their determination to locate & ...

In Between Woman & Nation the constructions nationalism, homeland, country, region, & locality are for the first time examined in the context of gender. The contributors-leading scholars of ethnicity, transnationalism, globalization, & feminist theory-are united in their determination to locate & describe the performative space of interactions between woman & nation. Such interactions, claim the contributors, cannot be essentialized. This interdisciplinary collection investigates women in diverse locales-ranging from Quebec to Beirut. The contributors consider such subjects as Yucatan feminism, Islamic fundamentalisms, Canadian gender formations, historic Chicana/o struggles, & Israeli/Palestinian conflicts. Divided into three parts, the collection first examines constructions of nationalism & communities whose practices complicate these constructions. The second section discusses regulations of particular nation-states & how they affect the lives of women, while the third presents studies of transnational identity formation, in which contributors critique ideas such as "multicultural nationalism" & "global feminism." Arguing provocatively that such movements & concepts inadequately represent women's interests, contributors examine how such beliefs & their attendant organizations may actually bolster the very formations they ought to subvert. In its demonstration of the critical possibilities of feminist alliances across discrepant & distinct material conditions, Between Woman & Nation will make a unique contribution to women's studies, feminist theory, studies of globalization & transnationalism, ethnic studies, & cultural studies.