LEADER 03686nam 22007212 450 001 9910779479103321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-88857-9 010 $a1-139-57943-6 010 $a1-139-57341-1 010 $a1-139-56905-8 010 $a1-139-05838-X 010 $a1-139-57261-X 010 $a1-139-57086-2 010 $a1-283-63862-2 010 $a1-139-56995-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707805 035 $a(EBL)1025034 035 $a(OCoLC)823241009 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000719935 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11448800 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000719935 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10660362 035 $a(PQKB)11055227 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139058384 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1025034 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1025034 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10608413 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL395108 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707805 100 $a20110316d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe American national state and the early West /$fWilliam H. Bergmann$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 288 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-44947-2 311 $a1-107-01528-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aProperty war -- Martial economies -- A bordered land -- Webs of commerce -- The national state in Indian country -- Bureaucratic expansionism. 330 $aThis book challenges the widely held myth that the American national state was weak in the early days of the republic. William H. Bergmann reveals how the federal government used its fiscal and military powers, as well as bureaucratic authority, to enhance land acquisitions, promote infrastructure development and facilitate commerce and communication in the early trans-Appalachian West. Energetic federal state-building efforts prior to 1815 grew from national state security interests as Native Americans and British imperial designs threatened to unravel the republic. White Westerners and Western state governments partnered with the federal government to encourage commercial growth and emigration, to transform the borderland into a bordered land. Taking a regional approach, this work synthesizes the literatures of social history, political science and economic history to provide a new narrative of American expansionism, one that takes into account the unique historical circumstances in the Ohio Valley and the southern Great Lakes. 517 3 $aThe American National State & the Early West 606 $aIndians of North America$zNorthwest, Old$xGovernment relations 606 $aIndians of North America$zOhio River Valley$xGovernment relations 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion$xGovernment policy 607 $aNorthwest, Old$xEconomic policy 607 $aOhio River Valley$xEconomic policy 615 0$aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations. 676 $a970.01 700 $aBergmann$b William H.$f1975-$01512402 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779479103321 996 $aThe American national state and the early West$93746269 997 $aUNINA