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Trans-Appalachian frontier [[electronic resource] ] : people, societies, and institutions, 1775-1850 / / Malcolm J. Rohrbough



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Autore: Rohrbough Malcolm J Visualizza persona
Titolo: Trans-Appalachian frontier [[electronic resource] ] : people, societies, and institutions, 1775-1850 / / Malcolm J. Rohrbough Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008
Edizione: 3rd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (697 p.)
Disciplina: 977/.02
Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - Northwest, Old
Frontier and pioneer life - Southwest, Old
Frontier and pioneer life - Appalachian Region
Soggetto geografico: Northwest, Old History 1775-1865
Southwest, Old History
Appalachian Region History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [637]-655) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; A Note on Citations, Quotations, Maps, and Place Names; Introduction; Part 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; Part 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; Part III. The First Great Migration, 1815–1830
7. Across the Old Northwest and into Missouri8. The Flowering of the Cotton Frontier; Part IV. The Enduring Frontiers; 9. Michigan: The Great Lakes Frontier; 10. Florida: A Sectional Frontier; 11. Arkansas: A Frontier More West than South; Part 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; Part VI. The Tr
Sommario/riassunto: In this thorough revision of his classic account, Malcolm J. Rohrbough tells the dramatic story of the men and women of the first Kentucky settlements to the closing of the American frontier. The author divides his narrative into major time periods designed to establish categories of description and analysis, presenting case studies that focus on the county, the town, the community, and the family, as well as politics and urbanization.
Titolo autorizzato: Trans-Appalachian frontier  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-06581-5
9786612065811
0-253-00010-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782295303321
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Serie: History of the trans-Appalachian frontier.