Daily Life on the Nineteenth Century American Frontier - Rilegato

Jones, Mary Ellen

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ISBN 10: 0313296340 ISBN 13: 9780313296345

Casa editrice: Greenwood Pub Group, 1998

Riassunto

The nineteenth 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, and a new identity. Their daily life was rarely easy. If they were to survive, they had to adapt to the land, to modify every aspect of their lives, from housing to transportation, from education to defense, from food gathering and preparation to the establishment of rudimentary laws and social structures. In addition, they had to adapt--through acculturation, warfare, or co-existence--to those already on the land, the Native Americans.

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L'autore:

MARY ELLEN JONES is Director of American Studies and Associate Professor of English at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.

Product Description:

This study examines the daily lives of ordinary men and women who flooded into the Trans-Mississippi West in search of land, fortune, and a fresh start. It shows how they had to adapt to the land, and that they had to modify every aspect of their lives.

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• Editore: Greenwood Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0313296340
• ISBN 13: 9780313296345
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 269