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posted by Lloyd at 11:14 AM

Brazy's dissertation on Natchez suggests the importance of family and kinship networks in building D's power. Does this point to the relative significance of a localistic kin/tribalism versus New Albany's less kin-oriented networks? This contrast should be probed more fully.
posted by Lloyd at 11:11 AM