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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Malcolm J Rohrbough |
ISBN: | 9780253349323 025334932X 9780253219329 0253219329 |
OCLC Number: | 226050137 |
Description: | pages cm. |
Contents: | Pt. I. Across the Mountains -- 1. The Struggle for Security -- 2. The Search for Stability -- 3. Security and Stability in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio -- Pt. II. The Widening Frontier, 1795-1815 -- 4. The Reach of Government and the Authority of Law Spread across the Western Country -- 5. Diverse Economies Moving toward Commercial Ends -- 6. Many Varied Societies Emerge across the Western Country -- Pt. III. The First Great Migration, 1815-1830 -- 7. Across the Old Northwest and into Missouri -- 8. The Flowering of the Cotton Frontier -- Pt. IV. The Enduring Frontiers -- 9. Michigan: The Great Lakes Frontier -- 10. Florida: A Sectional Frontier -- 11. Arkansas: A Frontier More West than South -- Pt. V. The Second Great Migration, 1830-1850 -- 12. The New Counties of Alabama and Mississippi: A Frontier More South than West -- 13. The Last Frontier of the Old Northwest: Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin -- Pt. VI. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation -- 14. Villages, Towns, and Cities Spread Across the Western Country -- 15. Changing Political Patterns across Three Generations -- 16. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation. |
Series Title: | A history of the trans-Appalachian frontier |
Responsibility: | Malcolm J. Rohrbough. |
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. . . a library would not be complete without this work. -- Ginette Aley * Alabama Review * . . .[a] classic that has significantly affected how American frontiers are conceived and how frontiers west of the Appalachian Mountains have been interpreted.July 2009 -- Warren R. Hofstra * Shenanadoah University * Read more...
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