The new country : a social history of the American frontier, 1776-1890 / Richard A. Bartlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartlett, Richard A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.

United States--Economic conditions.

Frontier and pioneer life--United States.

Frontier and pioneer life.

United States--Social conditions.

Economic history.

Social conditions.

Local Subjects:

United States--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1974.

Contents:

I. This land is ours: the sweep across the continent

Some myths of the American frontier

The problem of the Native American

The sweep across the continent: first phase

Ownership and order: land legislation and provision for government

The sweep across the continent: final phase

II. The people

The basic mix

Basic traits and new ingredients

III. Agriculture: the basic endeavor

Farming the Appalachian frontier

Farming the Middle West and South

Far Western farmers and cattlemen

IV. Despoilment: the rape of the new country

Destruction and construction by nature and man

Far Western spoliation

V. Transportation

Travel by road

Water routes and railroads

VI. New country society

Men, women, and families

Society beyond the family

VII. The urban frontier

VIII. From new country to settled country.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-473) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bartlett, Richard A. New country.

ISBN:

0195017382

9780195017380

OCLC:

1069434

Online:

French equivalent / Équivalent français