{"product_id":"transappalachian-frontier-third-edition-9780253219329","title":"TransAppalachian Frontier Third Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. This book tells the dramatic story of these men and women from the first Kentucky settlements to the closing of the frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . a library would not be complete without this work.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ginette Aley * Alabama Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . .[a] classic that has significantly affected how American frontiers are conceived and how frontiers west of the Appalachian Mountains have been interpreted.July 2009\u003c\/p\u003e -- Warren R. Hofstra * Shenanadoah University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Citations, Quotations, Maps, and Place Names\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Across the Mountains\u003cbr\u003e1. The Struggle for Security\u003cbr\u003e2. The Search for Stability\u003cbr\u003e3. Security and Stability in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. The Widening Frontier, 1795–1815\u003cbr\u003e4. The Reach of Government and the Authority of Law Spread across the Western Country\u003cbr\u003e5. Diverse Economies Moving toward Commercial Ends\u003cbr\u003e6. Many Varied Societies Emerge across the Western Country\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. The First Great Migration, 1815–1830\u003cbr\u003e7. Across the Old Northwest and into Missouri\u003cbr\u003e8. The Flowering of the Cotton Frontier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV. The Enduring Frontiers\u003cbr\u003e9. Michigan: The Great Lakes Frontier\u003cbr\u003e10. Florida: A Sectional Frontier\u003cbr\u003e11. Arkansas: A Frontier More West than South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V. The Second Great Migration, 1830–1850\u003cbr\u003e12. The New Counties of Alabama and Mississippi: A Frontier More South than West\u003cbr\u003e13. The Last Frontier of the Old Northwest: Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VI. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation\u003cbr\u003e14. Villages, Towns, and Cities Spread across the Western Country\u003cbr\u003e15. Changing Political Patterns across Three Generations\u003cbr\u003e16. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883919257943,"sku":"9780253219329","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253219329.jpg?v=1722529598","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transappalachian-frontier-third-edition-9780253219329","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}