Trans-Appalachian Frontier: People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775-1850 - Couverture souple

Rohrbough, Malcolm J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0253219329 ISBN 13 : 9780253219329

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The first American frontier lay just beyond the Appalachian Mountains and along the Gulf Coast. Here, successive groups of pioneers built new societies and developed new institutions to cope with life in the wilderness. In this thorough revision of his classic account, Malcolm J. Rohrbough tells the dramatic story of these men and women from the first Kentucky settlements to the closing of the frontier. Rohrbough 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. He also addresses Spanish, French, and Native American traditions and the anomalous presence of African slaves in the making of this story.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Malcolm J. Rohrbough is Professor of History at the University of Iowa and co-editor (with Walter Nugent) of the Indiana University Press series A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253219329
• ISBN 13: 9780253219329
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 675
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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