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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457568303321

Autore

Aron Stephen

Titolo

American confluence [[electronic resource] ] : the Missouri frontier from borderland to border state / / Stephen Aron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-07157-2

9786612071577

0-253-11143-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

A history of the trans-Appalachian frontier

Disciplina

977.8/01

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Missouri

Frontier and pioneer life - Missouri River Region

Indians of North America - Missouri River Region

Electronic books.

Missouri History 18th century

Missouri History 19th century

Missouri River Region History 18th century

Missouri River Region History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Openings; 2.Traditions; 3. Newcomers; 4.Transfers; 5.Quakes; 6. Closings; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the heart of North America, the Missouri, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers                come together, uniting waters from west, north, and east on a journey to the south.                This is the region that Stephen Aron calls the American Confluence. Aron's                innovative book examines the history of that region -- a home to the Osage, a colony                exploited by the French, a new frontier explored by Lewis and Clark -- and focuses                on the region's transition from a place of overlapping borderlands to one of                oppositional border states. A