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Cant, Colonialism and Ethnohistory

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Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America. By JenningsFrancis. New York and London: W. W. Norton, 1988. Pp. xxiv + 520. £18.95.
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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

H. C. Porter
H. C. Porter
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Faculty of History, Cambridge
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The Historical Journal , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , September 1990, pp. 683 - 692
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