Title: amazing detail, weak analysis
Review: The McGillivray and McIntosh Traders: On the Old Southwest Frontier 1716-1815This book is full of genealogical detail resulting from 20 years of research, but it is weak in analysis, fails to put the subject in the context of current understanding of Native American societies in the Old Southwest, and shows little knowledge of the Scottish clan system from which these traders came. It provides leads to rich documentary sources, but is a means to understanding rather than an end.
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