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Autore |
Gibson James R |
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Farming the frontier [[electronic resource] ] : the agricultural opening of the Oregon country, 1786-1846 / / James R. Gibson |
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Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c1985 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-22642-1 |
9786613226426 |
0-7748-5712-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agriculture - Economic aspects - Northwest, Pacific - History |
Land use, Rural - Northwest, Pacific - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Maps on lining papers. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. [215]-226. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Post Farming -- Governor Simpson's Ceconomy: The Origins of Post Farming -- Governor Simpson's Reward: The Results of Post Farming -- Physical Extremes: The Problems of Post Farming -- Company Farming -- Grain for Alaska and Wool for England: The Origins of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- Success and Failure: The Performance of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- Half Shares and Mean Lands: The Problems of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company -- Homestead Farming -- The Promised Land: The Formation of the Willamette Settlement -- The "Garden of the Columbia": The Success of Homestead Farming -- Mission Farming -- The "Macedonian Cry": The Advent of Missionaries -- The Fruit of the Faithful: The Outcome of Mission Farming -- Divine Testing or Demonic Tempting the Obstacles to Mission Farming -- From Noble Savage to Sturdy Yeoman: Indian Farming -- Dividing the Oregon Country -- Abbreviations -- Sources for Tables -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In its rich detail, this book provides the first comprehensive history of the agricultural development of the Oregon Country. Based on extensive research in Hudsons's Bay Company documents, missionary |
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