American confluence: the Missouri frontier from borderland to border state
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Beteilige Person: Aron, Stephen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington Indiana University Press c2006
Schriftenreihe:History of the trans-Appalachian frontier
Schlagwörter:
Links:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=168469
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=168469
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=168469
Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Openings; 2. Traditions; 3. Newcomers; 4. Transfers; 5. Quakes; 6. Closings; Epilogue; Notes; Index
In the heart of North America, the Missouri, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers come together, uniting waters from west, north, and east on a journey to the south. This is the region that Stephen Aron calls the American Confluence. Aron's innovative book examines the history of that region -- a home to the Osage, a colony exploited by the French, a new frontier explored by Lewis and Clark -- and focuses on the region's transition from a place of overlapping borderlands to one of oppositional border states. Amer
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 301 p.)
ISBN:0253111439
9780253111432