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Sabin, 14273, Sabin notes: "The English editor also shows an antipathy to Indian names, suppressing them habitually, striking out important passages, and, instead of the speeches which Colden gives at length, substitutes meagre abridgments. In fact, the whole work is so cut up and altered, that the reader of the English edition cannot be sure he is quoting Colden at all" ; Contiene: The introduction, being a short view of the form of government of the Five nations, and of their laws, customs, &c. - The history of the Five Indian nations, dependent on the province of New-York. pt. I-II. - Papers relating to an Act of the Assembly of the province of New-York, for encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada . - The treaty held with the Indians of the Six nations, at Philadelphia, in July, 1742. - A treaty held at . Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, by the . lieutenant-governor of the province, and the . commissioners for the provinces of Virginia and Maryland, with the Indians of the Six united Indian nations, in June, 1744. - A treaty between . George Clinton . governor in chief of the province of New-York . and the Six united Indian nations, and other Indian nations depending on the province of New-York. Held at Albany in . August and September, 1746. - A collection of charters and other publick acts, relating to the province of Pennsylvania . ; Mode of access: Internet.

From the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the Middle East, encounters with the Muslim world have helped Americans define national identity and purpose. Focusing on America's encounter with the Barbary states of North Africa from 1776 to 1815, Robert Allison traces the perceptions and mis-perceptions of Islam in the American mind as the new nation constructed its ideology and system of government.""A powerful ending that explains how the experience with the Barbary states compelled many Americans to look inward . . . with increasing doubts about the institution of sla

""Constructive engagement"" became a catchphrase under the Clinton administration for America's reinvigorated efforts to pull China firmly into the international community as a responsible player, one that abides by widely accepted norms. Skeptics questioned the effectiveness of this policy and those that followed. But how is such socialization supposed to work in the first place? This has never been all that clear, whether practiced by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, or the United States. Social States is the first book to systematically test the effects of soc