{"product_id":"american-confluence-the-missouri-frontier-from-borderland-to-border-state-paperback-softback-9780253200112","title":"American Confluence; The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253200112","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Confluence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Aron (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253200112\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 14 b\u0026amp;w illus., 6 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating and useful contribution to both Atlantic world and North American West scholarship—a claim certainly few other monographs could make.\"—\u003ci\u003eH-Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A real pleasure to read, the book adds considerably to the anthropological discussion about the degree to which invading people are successful in transplanting their culture and the degree to which they are transformed by the new environment and peoples they are invading.\"—\u003ci\u003eMissouri Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This sophisticated analysis . . . focuses upon the sprawling lands that marked the intersection of the country's three primary rivers—the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri—as well as the diverse peoples who inhabited those lands between 1600 and 1860. . . . Recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is western history at its best.\"—\u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the heart of North America, the Missouri, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers come together, uniting waters from west, north, and east on a journey to the south. This is the region that Stephen Aron calls the American Confluence. Aron's innovative book examines the history of that region—a home to the Osage, a colony exploited by the French, a new frontier explored by Lewis and Clark—and focuses on the region's transition from a place of overlapping borderlands to one of oppositional border states. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Confluence\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively account that will delight both the amateur and professional historian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Openings\u003cbr\u003e 2. Traditions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Newcomers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Transfers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Quakes\u003cbr\u003e 6. Closings\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525855768856,"sku":"9780253200112","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-confluence-the-missouri-frontier-from-borderland-to-border-state-paperback-softback-9780253200112","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}