Guarding the Frontier: A Study of Frontier Defense, 1815-1825 - Couverture souple

Wesley, Edgar Bruce

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816659184 ISBN 13 : 9780816659180

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 1935

Synopsis

Guarding the Frontier was first published in 1935. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

"For almost a century the defense of the frontier was the chief consideration in the military policy of the United States," Dr. Wesley observes. His book is the first detailed historical study of the military policy of the United States in the years immediately following the War of 1812, the period during which its policy was becoming clearly defined.

The political, military, and economic factors lying behind the establishment of that policy are all given thorough treatment by the author, who discusses the various methods of defense evolved against the British to the north, the Spaniards in the south and west, and the Indians everywhere. The author demonstrates the importance of Indian affairs, of the factory system, and of the fur trade as elements in the westward expansion of the United States.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edgar Bruce Wesley was head of social studies in the University High School, University of Minnesota, and professor of education in the University. He was president of the National Council for the Social Studies, editor of the Council's fifth Yearbook, and coauthor of Principles of Social Science and World Civilization.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 1935
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816659184
• ISBN 13: 9780816659180
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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