| Edition |
3d ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 933 pages : maps. ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliographical notes": pages 761-893. |
| Contents |
The frontier hypothesis -- Europe's first frontier, 1942-1615 -- The Southern frontier, 1600-1700 -- The Northern frontier, 1600-1700 -- The Old West, 1700-1763 -- The French barrier, 1615-1763 -- British Western policy, 1763-1776 -- Settlement crosses the mountains, 1763-1776 -- The West in the American Revolution, 1776-1783 -- The Western problem, 1783-1790 -- The West in American dimoplacy, 1783-1803 -- Settling the Appalachian plateau, 1795-1812 -- The West in the War of 1812, 1812-1815 -- Settling the Lake Plains, 1815-1850 -- Settling the Gulf Plains, 1815-1850 -- The economics of sectionalism, 1815-1837 -- The emergence of sectional pattern, 1815-1837 -- The shifting sectional pattern, 1837-1850 -- Railroads and sectionalism, 1837-1850 -- The natural setting -- The spanish barrier,1540-1776 -- The traders' frontier, 1776-1840 -- The Mississippi Valley frontier, 1803-1840 -- The annexation of Texas, 1820-1845 -- The occupation of Oregon, 1825-1846 -- The Great Basin frontier, 1830-1846 -- The conquest of California, 1830-1846 -- The war with Mexico, 1846-1850 -- The West and slavery, 1850-1860 -- The miner's frontier, 1858-1884 -- The transportation frontier, 1858-1875 -- The Indian barrier, 1860-1887 -- The cattlemen's frontier, 1865-1887 -- Opening the Great Plains, 1870-1890 -- The farmers' frontier, 1870-1890 -- The agrarian revolt, 1873-1896 -- The frontier heritage |
| Subject |
United States -- Territorial expansion.
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United States. |
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Territorial expansion. |
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United States -- History.
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History. |
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Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 1803-1865.
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Mississippi River Valley. |
| Chronological Term |
1803-1865 |
| Subject |
West (U.S.) -- History.
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