{"product_id":"frontier-country-9780812248616","title":"Frontier Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and eastern and western regions in Pennsylvania before the Revolution, Patrick Spero recasts the importance of frontiers, as eighteenth-century Pennsylvanians would have understood them, to the development of colonial America and the origins of American Independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This important new work takes what some have called 'the f-word' of American history (frontier) and returns it to polite conversation. Starting with the common-sense idea that we should try to understand what colonists meant when they called themselves 'frontier people,' Patrick Spero suggests how Pennsylvania, 'the Keystone State,' can indeed be a keystone for understanding not only early America but the 'frontier country' that followed after 1776.\" * James H. Merrell, author of \u003ci\u003eInto the American Woods\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Patrick Spero's resuscitation of the concept of the frontier adds considerable analytical power and striking new dimensions to familiar stories of Pennsylvania's founding and early development.\" * Eric Hinderaker, University of Utah *\u003cbr\u003e\"Historians have puzzled at the paradox of Pennsylvania's frontier, wondering how a seemingly harmonious region devolved into a space of terror by the time of the America Revolution. In this deeply researched and engagingly written new work, Patrick Spero shows that the problem of frontier governance vexed the colony from the start. The result is a marvelous book that deepens our understanding not just of Pennsylvania's history but the of broader history of imperial politics in eighteenth-century British North America.\" * John Smolenski, University of California Davis *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrontier Country\u003c\/i\u003e is well-conceived and well-executed, with an original interpretive design that shows how ideas about 'frontier' and 'frontier society' shaped relations within Pennsylvania between colonists and Native Americans and between eastern elites and western settlers.\" * Timothy Shannon, Gettysburg College *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Early American Frontiers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Hidden Flaw\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Growth Arrives\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The First Frontier Crisis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Pennsylvania's Apogee\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Becoming a Frontier Country\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Frontier Politics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Permanent Frontier\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The British Empire's Frontier Crisis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Independent Frontiers\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Creating a Frontier Government\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Frontiers in a New Nation\u003cbr\u003e Coda. A Note on Frontiers\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405728948567,"sku":"9780812248616","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812248616.jpg?v=1730493421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/frontier-country-9780812248616","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}