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Trans-Appalachian Frontier, Third Edition
People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775-1850
Malcolm J. Rohrbough (Author)
9780253219329
Paperback / softback, published 9 January 2008
696 pages, 13 b&w photos
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.916 kg
. . . a library would not be complete without this work. . . .[a] classic that has significantly affected how American frontiers are conceived and how frontiers west of the Appalachian Mountains have been interpreted.July 2009
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.
Contents Introduction Part I. Across the Mountains Part II. The Widening Frontier, 1795–1815 Part III. The First Great Migration, 1815–1830 Part IV. The Enduring Frontiers Part V. The Second Great Migration, 1830–1850 Part VI. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation Notes
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
A Note on Citations, Quotations, Maps, and Place Names
1. The Struggle for Security
2. The Search for Stability
3. Security and Stability in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio
4. The Reach of Government and the Authority of Law Spread across the Western Country
5. Diverse Economies Moving toward Commercial Ends
6. Many Varied Societies Emerge across the Western Country
7. Across the Old Northwest and into Missouri
8. The Flowering of the Cotton Frontier
9. Michigan: The Great Lakes Frontier
10. Florida: A Sectional Frontier
11. Arkansas: A Frontier More West than South
12. The New Counties of Alabama and Mississippi: A Frontier More South than West
13. The Last Frontier of the Old Northwest: Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin
14. Villages, Towns, and Cities Spread across the Western Country
15. Changing Political Patterns across Three Generations
16. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation
Bibliography
Index