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Westward expansion; a history of the American frontier

Title: Westward expansion; a history of the American frontier [by] Ray Allen Billington, with the collaboration of James Blaine Hedges.
Author: Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981.
Publication: New York, Macmillan [1960]

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Description

xv, 893 pages maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Bibliographical note": p. 759-854.

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History

Bibliography (note)

"Bibliographical note": p. 759-854.

Contents

Europe's first frontier, 1492-1615 -- The southern frontier, 1600-1700 -- The northern frontier, 1600-1700 -- The old west, 1700-1763 -- The French barrier, 1615-1763 -- British western policy, 1763 -1776 -- Settlement crosses the mountains, 1763-1776 -- The west in the American Revolution, 1776-1783 -- The western problem, 1783-1790 -- The west in American diplomacy, 1783-1803 -- Settling the Appalachian Plateau, 1795-1812 -- The west in the War of 1812, 1812-1815 -- Settling the Lake Plains, 1815-1850 -- Settling the Gulf Plains, 1815-1850 -- The economics of sectionalism, 1815-1837 -- The emergence of a sectional pattern, 1815-1837 -- The shifting sectional pattern, 1837-1850 -- Railroads and sectionalism, 1837-1850 -- The natural setting -- The Spanish barrier, 1540-1776 -- The traders' frontier, 1776-1840 -- The Mississippi Valley frontier, 1803-1840 -- The annexation of Texas, 1820-1845 -- The occupation of Oregon, 1825-1846 -- The Great Basin frontier, 1830-1846 -- The conquest of California, 1830-1846 -- The war with Mexico, 1846-1850 -- The west and slavery, 1850-1860 -- The miners' frontier, 1858-1875 -- The transportation frontier, 1858-1884 -- The Indian barrier, 1860-1887 -- The cattlemen's frontier, 1865-1887 -- Opening the Great Plains, 1870-1890 -- The farmers' frontier, 1870-1890 -- The agrarian revolt, 1873-1896 -- The frontier heritage.

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60005482

OCLC

ocm00827544
827544
SCSB-14155275

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Princeton University Library