Westward expansion : a history of the American frontier /
| Основен автор: | Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Macmillan,
[1974]
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| Издание: | 4th ed. |
| Предмети: |
Съдържание:
- 1. The frontier hypothesis
- Section 1. The colonial frontier
- 2. The land and its people
- 3. Europe's first frontier, 1492-1615
- 4. The southern frontier, 1600-1700
- 5. The northern frontier, 1600-1700
- 6. The Old West, 1700-1763
- 7. The French barrier, 1615-1763
- 8. British western policy, 1763-1776
- 9. Settlement crosses the mountains, 1763-1776
- 10. The west in the American Revolution, 1776-1783
- Section 2. The trans-Appalachian frontier
- 11. The western problem, 1783-1790
- 12. The west in American diplomacy, 1783-1803
- 13. Settling the Appalachian plateau, 1795-1812
- 14. The West in the War of 1812, 1812-1815
- 15. Settling the Lake Plains, 1815-1850
- 16. Settling the Gulf Plains, 1815-1850
- 17. The new West : a national problem, 1815-1850
- Section III. The trans-Mississippi frontier
- 18. The natural setting
- 19. The Spanish barrier, 1540-1776
- 20. The traders' frontier, 1776-1840
- 21. The Mississippi Valley frontier, 1803-1840
- 22. The annexation of Texas, 1820-1845
- 23. The occupation of Oregon, 1825-1846
- 24. The Great Basin frontier, 1830-1846
- 25. The conquest of California, 1830-1846
- 26. The war with Mexico, 1846-1850
- 27. The west and slavery, 1850-1860
- 28. The miners' frontier, 1858-1875
- 29. The transportation frontier, 1858-1884
- 30. The Indian barrier, 1860-1887
- 31. The cattlemen's frontier, 1865-1887
- 32. Opening the Great Plains, 1870-1890
- 33. The farmers' frontier, 1870-1890
- 34. The agrarian revolt, 1873-1896
- 35. The frontier heritage.