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- catalog abstract ""In the years between 1795 and 1830, the vital southwestern quadrant of the young republic, encompassing the modern-day states between South Carolina and Louisiana, witnessed nearly unceasing conflict. Many of the disputes resulted from the United States pushing aside a hundred thousand Indians as well as overtaking the final vestiges of Spanish, French, and British presence in a wilderness Americans sought for its abundant pastureland, fertile soil, and forest products. Out of the expansion of the frontier to the Mississippi River emnerged leaders such as Andrew Jackson, policies like Indian Removal, and a willingness to let adventurous settlers open up a new territories as a part of the Manifest Destiny of a growing country. As this volume makes clear, an understanding of the history of the Old Southwest is important because events there foretold the nation's transcontinental expansion"--Bookjacket.".
- catalog contributor b2529980.
- catalog contributor b2529981.
- catalog coverage "Gulf States History.".
- catalog coverage "Southern States History 1775-1865.".
- catalog coverage "Southwest, Old History.".
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description ""In the years between 1795 and 1830, the vital southwestern quadrant of the young republic, encompassing the modern-day states between South Carolina and Louisiana, witnessed nearly unceasing conflict. Many of the disputes resulted from the United States pushing aside a hundred thousand Indians as well as overtaking the final vestiges of Spanish, French, and British presence in a wilderness Americans sought for its abundant pastureland, fertile soil, and forest products. Out of the expansion of the frontier to the Mississippi River emnerged leaders such as Andrew Jackson, policies like Indian Removal, and a willingness to let adventurous settlers open up a new territories as a part of the Manifest Destiny of a growing country. As this volume makes clear, an understanding of the history of the Old Southwest is important because events there foretold the nation's transcontinental expansion"--Bookjacket.".
- catalog description ""The lands here lie in a very curious manner" -- Changing empires -- A perimeter of conflict -- Land of speculation -- Wilderness artery -- Rough riders in the Old Southwest -- Dance of the prophets -- "Unnerve the arm the draws the bow and raises the tommyhawk" -- "When smiling fortune beckoned them" -- Nabobs and nobodies -- State-making -- Eclipsing ancient nations.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 335 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Frontiers in conflict.".
- catalog identifier "0826311407".
- catalog identifier "0826311415 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Frontiers in conflict.".
- catalog isPartOf "Histories of the American frontier".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Frontiers in conflict.".
- catalog spatial "Gulf States History.".
- catalog spatial "Gulf States.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States History 1775-1865.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, Old History.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, Old.".
- catalog subject "975/.03 19".
- catalog subject "F213 .C26 1989".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Gulf States.".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Southern States.".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Southwest, Old.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""The lands here lie in a very curious manner" -- Changing empires -- A perimeter of conflict -- Land of speculation -- Wilderness artery -- Rough riders in the Old Southwest -- Dance of the prophets -- "Unnerve the arm the draws the bow and raises the tommyhawk" -- "When smiling fortune beckoned them" -- Nabobs and nobodies -- State-making -- Eclipsing ancient nations.".
- catalog title "Frontiers in conflict : the Old Southwest, 1795-1830 / Thomas D. Clark and John D.W. Guice.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".