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Review of Rob Harper, Unsettling the West

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The article is a review of Rob Harper's the West: Violence and State Building in the Ohio Valley. I point out that Harper's basic thesis, that Ohio Valley violence was directly related to the extent of state support rather than placing the blame on frontier Indian hating. Harper presents a well-researched narrative in defense of his thesis, especially as it concerns the Upper Ohio Valley, but he is less reliable on events during the Washington administration.
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Unseling the West: Violence and State Building in the Ohio Valley 
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#))'##),&+&+&60'&
(9-+' )))& 4(':&I+'''
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&#)));+ #&
4&'&+&,)+0&# "3L
12!''+;)(& &.&<CE)(=
-&)'''B'3,B@,&C)(#(#&'' ),
&+-&H&A'&A,&'0'+'&L),
&#'(#&/ ) 4(+&;)('@&++
.&&1#1&#&A''')C+''(+'D
E)(&C#3)<&',=3+&
&2+.&+'''#A,&+ ),'1)
3) ),')#&#''&+'
'&@'(@)&+#3'
&)-&+#&')''2':B)' >
 +!&5'&M;3)+&)&>
+')&'+'#''&B') +&'&
)&#N)&('#&&,',)(
1)) 4+ 'B ''&@'(+'# +&
))A; AC)(E)(" -&&'')
/&+4+ 'B&*)'&+'L, '&'
-&*)&&+( B)&&&
& ')')+'+&.&?
E)(+.&'0'?&, )) DD'&&)
&'&+;)&&1,) 4 ','
'&&:&#',-&- !+&)&& &
+,'8@,?@+/'"%?
')'&?3)0&'?,'
#&&+.') "-&+&&&&)&)
''&+&+ '1)#'+
,#)& ,+&)&&''&; #,:&
:&#)+&+&@) :E/<+&,'
)='& '0')&''0'+
#)'+&&; &+)'N;,B2 
E(#+&)&&1)")#)-&
A; &:&<@4B2  =)O&1) )+
,C;-B++6,&)9&) ', 0'
,-&N1&:)#)'8&
;)7'&'  AH)(B+
-+':B'#)&#1)
&#,,&- 5+&)&&0')'' 
.&' &)/')
; '&.&0&)&&(
#')+,')&:&*#'
''&&&++')+'*#8)&
/'',  ,)'))#-&#&*
)&+'&'&)&&)#0+'&)&'
&,,#'&+&:&#',+& #
& , '*#&.&,&)8#,
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