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Michael McDonnell , Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America (New York: Hill and Wang, 2015, $35.00). Pp. 416. isbn 978 0 8090 2953 2.

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Michael McDonnell , Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America (New York: Hill and Wang, 2015, $35.00). Pp. 416. isbn 978 0 8090 2953 2.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2017

SIMON MIDDLETON*
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield

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