American frontiers : cultural encounters and continental conquest / Gregory H. Nobles.
1997
E101 .N63 1997 (Mapit)
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Title
American frontiers : cultural encounters and continental conquest / Gregory H. Nobles.
Author
Nobles, Gregory H.
Edition
1st Hill & Wang ed.
ISBN
0809016028 (pbk.)
9780809016020 (pbk.)
0809024713
9780809024711
9780809016020 (pbk.)
0809024713
9780809024711
Imprint
New York : Hill & Wang, 1997.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E101 .N63 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification
973
Summary
With clarity and vigor, Gregory H. Nobles shows how American leaders, beginning with Washington and Jefferson, pursued a policy of national expansion and development that enabled the United States to become the dominant power on the North American continent. Within this broad framework he also explores the settlers' diverse and complex interactions with Indians as enemies, allies, and trading partners. The result is a sensitive and perceptive account of the patterns of contact and conquest on America's frontiers over the course of four centuries.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-274) and index.
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Table of Contents
The contact of cultures on the first frontiers
The struggle of empires to control the frontiers
Forging a frontier policy in the new nation
Westward expansion : political controversy and popular culture
Moving west and making communities
Indians and the enclosing frontier, 1860-90.
The struggle of empires to control the frontiers
Forging a frontier policy in the new nation
Westward expansion : political controversy and popular culture
Moving west and making communities
Indians and the enclosing frontier, 1860-90.