Format:
1 Online-Ressource (225 pages)
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ISBN:
9781610755542
Series Statement:
Histories of Arkansas
Content:
Often thought of as a primitive backwoods peopled by rough hunters and unsavory characters, early Arkansas was actually productive and dynamic in the same manner as other American territories and states. In this, the second volume in the Histories of Arkansas, S. Charles Bolton describes the emigration, mostly from other southern states, that carried Americans into Arkansas; the growth of an agricultural economy based on cotton, corn, and pork; the dominance of evangelical religion; and the way in which women coped with the frontier and made their own contributions toward its improvement. He
Note:
Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. American Takeover; 2. Government and Opportunity; 3. Agricultural Success and Banking Failure; 4. Indian Frontier; 5. Rich, Poor, and Rambunctious; 6. Religion and Family; 7. Human and Chattel; 8. Looking West; 9. Sovereignty and Secession; Suggested Readings; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781557285195
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Arkansas, 1800-1860 : Remote and Restless
Language:
English
Keywords:
Arkansas
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Geschichte 1800-1860
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