Cultures in Conflict

Edited by Warren R. Hofstra - Contributions by Fred Anderson; Catherine Desbarats; Jonathan R. Dull; Allan Greer; Eric Hinderaker; Woody Holton; Paul Mapp and Timothy J. Shannon

Cultures in Conflict addresses the broad pattern of events that framed this conflict's causes, the intercultural dynamics of its conduct, and its profound impact on subsequent events-most notably the American Revolution and a protracted Anglo-Indian struggle for continental control. Warren R. Hofstra has gathered the best of contemporary scholarship on the war (1754-1763) and its social and cultural history. The authors examine the viewpoints of British and French imperial authorities, the issues motivating Indian nations in the Ohio Valley, the matter of why and how French colonists fought, the diplomatic and social world of Iroquois Indians, and the responses of British colonists to the conflict. The result of these efforts is a dynamic historical approach in which cultural context provides a rationale for the well-established military and political narrative of the Seven Years' War.

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Old Forts, New Perspectives-Thoughts on the Seven Years' War and Its Significance Chapter 2: British Culture and the Changing Character of the Mid-Eighteenth-Century British Empire Chapter 3: Great Power Confrontation or Clash of Cultures? France's War against Britain and Its Antecedents Chapter 4: War, Diplomacy, and Culture: The Iroquois Experience in the Seven Years' War Chapter 5: Declaring Independence: The Ohio Indians and the Seven Years' War Chapter 6: How the Seven Years' War Turned Americans into (British) Patriots Chapter 7: The Seven Years' War in Canadian History and Memory