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Daily life on the nineteenth century American frontier / Mary Ellen Jones.
Author
Jones, Mary Ellen, 1937-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
Description
xiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
F596 .J585 1998
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Subject(s)
Frontier and pioneer life
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West (U.S.)
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West (U.S.)
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Social life and customs
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Series
Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series
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The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series, 1080-4749
Summary note
The 19th-century American frontier comes alive for students and interested readers in this unique exploration of westward expansion. This study examines the daily lives of ordinary men and women who flooded into the Trans-Mississippi West in search of land, fortune, a fresh start, or a new identity. Their daily life was rarely easy. If they were to survive, they had to adapt to the land and modify every aspect of their lives, including housing, transportation, education, defense, food gathering and preparation, and the establishment of rudimentary laws and social structures. They also had to adapt to the Native Americans already on the land - whether through acculturation, warfare, or coexistence.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-260) and index.
Contents
The American frontier : simple stereotype, complex reality
Life on the fur frontier
Life on the explorers' frontier
Life on the miners' frontier : the new Eldorado
Life on the land : Alien exotics-cowboys and settlers
The Indian frontier and the frontier regulars : the army and the Indians on the Great Plains.
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Daily life on the 19th-century American frontier
Nineteenth century American frontier
ISBN
0313296340 ((alk. paper))
9780313296345 ((alk. paper))
9780313360718
0313360715
LCCN
98012149
OCLC
38281394
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