Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 675 pages)
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maps
Edition:
Third edition
ISBN:
9780253000101
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0253000106
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1282065815
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9781282065819
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9786612065811
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6612065818
Series Statement:
A history of the trans-Appalachian frontier
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-655) and index
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The struggle for security -- The search for stability -- Security and stability in the territory Northwest of the Ohio -- The reach of government and the authority of law spread across the western country -- Diverse economies moving toward commercial ends -- Many varied societies emerge across the western country -- Across the old northwest and into Missouri -- The flowing of the cotton frontier -- Florida: a sectional frontier -- Arkansas: a frontier more west than south -- The new countries of Alabama and Mississippi: a frontier more south than west -- The last frontier of the old northwest: Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin -- Villages, towns, and cities spread across the western country -- Changing political patterns across three generations -- The trans-Appalachian west and the nation.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253349323
Additional Edition:
ISBN 025334932X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253219329
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rohrbough, Malcolm J Trans-Appalachian frontier Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008 ISBN 9780253349323
Additional Edition:
ISBN 025334932X
Language:
English
