A Nation Moving West: Readings in the History of the American Frontier

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Robert W. Richmond, Robert W. Mardock
U of Nebraska Press, 1. maj 1966 - 366 strani
This collection of readings dealing with the American frontier and expansion westward from the Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century has been planned to supplement the standard texts and the instructor's lectures in the college classroom, and to introduce the student to some of the rich store of primary source material bearing on this phase of the country's history. The editors have used letters, diaries, reminiscences, government records, contemporaneous newspaper and magazine stories, and the impressions of foreign visitors to re-create virtually every facet of the pioneer experience. Because the tale is told in terms of individuals--Indians, mountain men, explorers, soldiers, homesteaders, miners, circuit riders, and politicians--either speaking for themselves or reported at first hand, the great drama of conquest and survival as the nation rolled westward from the Appalachians to the Pacific unfolds with unmatched freshness and immediacy. Although it is intended primarily for students, A Nation Moving West is a book that the general reader with an interest in Western Americana will find hard to resist. Robert W. Richmond is State Archivist of Kansas at the Kansas Sate Historical Society and a lecturer in history at Washburn University. His co-editor, Robert W. Mardock, is an associate professor of history at Washburn University. Both contribute frequently to scholarly and regional publications.
 

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The Changing West
1
Beyond the Appalachians
6
The Old Northwest and the Upper Mississippi Valley
16
The Southern Frontier
35
Indian Fighting and the War of 1812
48
Eastern Indians and the Removal Policy
64
The Appalachians to the Mississippi
81
Customs and Culture on the Early Frontier
96
The Mormons and the Settlement of Utah
181
The Mining Frontier
190
Beyond the Mississippi
212
The Civil War in the West
229
Western Indians and the Peace Policy
244
Railroads in the West
266
Trail Town and Ranch
283
Settlement of the Great Plains
298

The Fur Trade
117
Exploring the West
132
The Road to Manifest Destiny
149
The Great Western Trails
164
The Pacific Far West
318
The Advancing Social and Cultural Frontier
334
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Robert W. Richmond is State Archivist of Kansas at the Kansas Sate Historical Society and a lecturer in history at Washburn University. His co-editor, Robert W. Mardock, is an associate professor of history at Washburn University. Both contribute frequently to scholarly and regional publications.

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