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UNINA9910811731703321 |
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Autore |
Aron Stephen |
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Titolo |
American confluence [[electronic resource] ] : the Missouri frontier from borderland to border state / / Stephen Aron |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07157-2 |
9786612071577 |
0-253-11143-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Collana |
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A history of the trans-Appalachian frontier |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Frontier and pioneer life - Missouri |
Frontier and pioneer life - Missouri River Region |
Indians of North America - Missouri River Region |
Missouri History 18th century |
Missouri History 19th century |
Missouri River Region History 18th century |
Missouri River Region History 19th century |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Openings; 2.Traditions; 3. Newcomers; 4.Transfers; 5.Quakes; 6. Closings; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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