Les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?

The colonial sources of the 17th-18th centuries describe some north-Amerindian societies by using the western framework of federalism. The Iroquois League, notably, was frequently depicted under the features of a "Federative Republic", and some researchers go as far as to make of it...

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Autor principal: Gilles Havard
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Publicado: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2008
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9bcaa72f00824954a959e8ecd1782bf12021-12-02T10:37:10ZLes ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.33763https://doaj.org/article/9bcaa72f00824954a959e8ecd1782bf12008-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/33763https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252The colonial sources of the 17th-18th centuries describe some north-Amerindian societies by using the western framework of federalism. The Iroquois League, notably, was frequently depicted under the features of a "Federative Republic", and some researchers go as far as to make of it one of the sources of inspiration for the United States constitution. The Amerindian confederacies were nonetheless similar to the European confederacies: Vast “endogamic” entities sometimes symbolized by the metaphors of the "circle" or the "cabin", they constituted spaces of alliance and internal peace intended to make the war better on the outside, and were characterized by the absence of State and common foreign policy.Gilles HavardCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleconfederationfederalismindiansiroquoispeacewarAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2008)
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FR
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topic confederation
federalism
indians
iroquois
peace
war
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle confederation
federalism
indians
iroquois
peace
war
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Gilles Havard
Les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?
description The colonial sources of the 17th-18th centuries describe some north-Amerindian societies by using the western framework of federalism. The Iroquois League, notably, was frequently depicted under the features of a "Federative Republic", and some researchers go as far as to make of it one of the sources of inspiration for the United States constitution. The Amerindian confederacies were nonetheless similar to the European confederacies: Vast “endogamic” entities sometimes symbolized by the metaphors of the "circle" or the "cabin", they constituted spaces of alliance and internal peace intended to make the war better on the outside, and were characterized by the absence of State and common foreign policy.
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title Les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?
title_short Les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?
title_full Les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?
title_fullStr Les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?
title_full_unstemmed Les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?
title_sort les ligues amérindiennes : instruments de paix ou de guerre ?
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
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