Susan Sleeper-Smith is professor of history at Michigan State University. She has authored one previous book and edited four essay volumes.
In this deeply researched and richly argued book, Susan
Sleeper-Smith upends [the] narrative of embattled survivors and
replaces it with a convincing depiction of a prosperous and wealthy
multiethnic Indigenous world in the Ohio River Valley that was
thriving in spite of imperial contests and invasions.--NAIS
The stakes of Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest are many
and its interventions significant. . . . The work to disentangle
Indigenous lifeways from explanatory systems imbricated in
expansionist policies and colonialist historiography continues, and
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest offers a set of
practices that suggests one way forward.--Eighteenth-Century
Fiction
Without question, Sleeper-Smith's contribution to indigenous
women's history and regional history during this period remains
invaluable. Her archival sources, including archeological data and
environmental studies, are expansive. She argues clearly and
consistently that indigenous women were pivotal to the prosperity
and success of Native communities in the region.--Indiana Magazine
of History
Long-awaited. . . . Sleeper-Smith's important new work reminds us
how much our historical knowledge relies on unexamined non-Native
assumptions about Native gender constructions and how very
differently Native history appears when Native constructions of
gender are employed in their stead.--American Historical Review
Susan Sleeper-Smith's pioneering research on the fur trade and
American Indian women has proved to be . . . influential. Her new
book builds on her expertise with impressive interdisciplinary
research, evocative writing, and ambitious sweep.--Journal of
Southern History
Clearly written, well researched, and intellectually engaging. . .
. Not only does the author restore the voices of Indigenous women .
. . she also challenges persuasively the master narrative that has
justified the excesses of American expansion.--Western Historical
Quarterly
Compelling . . . Offers a highly readable account of vital women's
roles in the widespread Indian settlements of the Ohio River
valley.--Journal of American History
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