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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn Alabama's Frontiers and the Rise of the Old South, Daniel S. Dupre offers a well-written, nicely comprehensive, and inclusive social history of Alabama before and immediately after statehood.
* H-AmIndian *
Alabama's Frontiers and the Rise of the Old South is a work of synthesis backed by research in primary sources. . . . The wonderful balance Dupre strikes between big-picture interpretation and small-picture detail as well as the engaging and accessible prose make the book fit for a number of sub-field specialists and lay readers alike.
* Journal of the Early Republic *
"Dupre has written a succinct narrative that will be helpful to anyone seeking an introduction to the interaction of European powers, the United States, and Indian tribes in Alabama and the Southeast."
* Western Historical Quarterly *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Beginnings
1. La Florida and the Center of the World
2. The Indians' Frontier
Part Two: The Imperial Frontier
3. The Birth of the Creeks
4. Trade and the Search for Order
Part Three: The Settlers' Frontier
5. Ordering Alabama's Frontier
6. Settlements and Transformations
7. The Creek War
8. The Cotton Frontier
Epilogue
