Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-334) and index.
Chicaza and the Mississippian world, ca. 1540-1541 -- The battle of Chicaza and Mississippian warfare, ca. 1541 -- The aftermath of Soto, ca. 1541-1650 -- The English invasion and the creation of a shatter zone, ca. 1650-1680 -- Eastern shock waves on western shores, ca. 1650-1680 -- Western expansion of the shatter zone, ca. 1680-1700 -- European imperialism and the intensification of the colonial Indian slave trade, ca. 1700-1710 -- The emergence of the colonial south, ca. 1710-1715