Three American Frontiers [electronic resource] : Writings of Thomas D. Clark / Edited with an introd. by Holman Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--United States.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Southern States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The casual and the serious of American history -- fiddlers, yarn spinners, and riverboat gamblers, politicians, educators, and social reformers -- have all concerned Thomas D. Clark, celebrated historian of the Western frontier and the changing South. Three American Frontiers, a volume of his selected writings, draws from works produced throughout Clark's long career as a writer, teacher, and lecturer on the frontier West, social change in the South, and the cutting-edge of historical research.An avid researcher and a tenacious collector of original materials, Clark looks to the everyday item

Contents:

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I: THE FRONTIER WEST AND SOUTH; One: WESTWARD EXPANSION; Two: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRONTIER COMMUNITY; Three: THE FLAVORFUL FRONTIER LIFE; II: THE FRONTIER OF SOCIAL CHANGE; Four: SOUTHERN BURDENS; Five: CHANGING PATTERNS OF RACE RELATIONS; Six: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION; III: THE FRONTIER OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH; Seven: A SCHOLAR'S APPROACH TO HISTORY; INDEX OF MAIN TOPICS; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6242-4

OCLC:

900345159