{"product_id":"conflict-on-the-michigan-frontier-9780875804002","title":"Conflict on the Michigan Frontier","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing Michigan as a case study, this book explains how settlers employed both legal tactics and moral suasion to impose their vision of a civilized society. It sheds light on how settlers transplanted eastern culture not just to the Midwest, but to the entire American frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell-written. Advances a novel thesis: that Michigan leaders sought to combat \"wilderness\" on the frontier by establishing legal and cultural barriers, and in the process ended up transforming the culture they had hoped to transplant from the eastern states.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Amy Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is informed by recent scholarship, is engagingly written, and makes a significant contribution to a number of historical literatures. Schwartz does a marvelous job of achieving his goal and making a forceful case for his main thesis.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Martin Hershock, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: The Rise of Michigan's New Constitutional Order \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Ohio and the Battle for Michigan's Southern Border \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: Economic Development and the Panic of 1837 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: Taming the \"Savagery\" of Michigan Indians \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: Civilizing White Settlers \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six: Cholera and the Conflict over Cultural Boundaries in Early Michigan \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406420025687,"sku":"9780875804002","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875804002.jpg?v=1730495735","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/conflict-on-the-michigan-frontier-9780875804002","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}