History of the American Frontier 1763–1893

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History of the American Frontier 1763–1893 by Frederic L. Paxson, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin. Houghton Mifflin Company 1924. Pulitzer Prize winner in History, 1925.

The prize-winning History of the American Frontier, 1763–1893 covers a very wide sweep of topics, with unusual strength in handling violent relations between the frontiersman and the Indians. Paxson emphasized the impact on people of the process of moving to the west, downplaying the static aspects of specific localities.

From the Author’s Preface: When I began my studies in the history of the West some twenty years ago, the State of Colorado, where I worked, still bore the imprint of the struggle of the preceding decade. The frontier was gone; and the frontiersmen there as elsewhere in the United States were adapting themselves to the life of a new century. Turner had already pointed out the significance of the frontier in our history, but the occasional historical pioneer who followed his lead must make his own tools, find his sources, and assemble his bibliographies.

The time is ripe for … synthesis, in which an attempt is made to show the proportions of the whole story.

Author’s Preface I. The American Frontier of 1763 II. The Forks of the Ohio III. The Shenandoah Country and the Tennessee IV. The Rear of the Revolution V. The Land Problem VI. Creation of the Public Domain VII. The National Land System VIII. The Old Northwest IX. The Western Boundaries X. The First New States XI. Political Theories of the Frontier XII. Jeffersonian Democracy XIII. The Frontier of 1800 XIV. Ohio: The Clash of Principles XV. The Purchase of Louisiana XVI. Problems of the Southwest Border XVII. The Bonds of Unity XVIII. The Wabash Frontier: Tecumseh, 1811 XIX. The Western War of 1812 XX. Stabilizing the Frontier XXI. The Great Migration XXII. Statehood on the Ohio: Indiana and Illinois XXIII. The Cotton Kingdom: Mississippi and Alabama XXIV. Missouri: The New Sectionalism XXV. Public Land Reform XXVI. Frontier Finance XXVII. The American System XXVIII. Jacksonian Democracy XXIX. The East, and the Western Markets XXX. The Western Internal Improvements XXXI. The Permanent Indian Frontier, 1825–1841 XXXII. The Mississippi Valley Boom XXXIII. The Border States: Michigan and Arkansas XXXIV. The Independent State of Texas XXXV. 1837: The Prostrate West XXXVI. The Trail to Santa Fe XXXVII. The Settlement of Oregon XXXVIII. The “State” of Deseret XXXIX. The War with Mexico XL. The Conquest of California XLI. Far West and Politics XLII. Preemption XLIII. The Frontier of the Forties XLIV. The Railroad Age XLV. Land Grants and the Western Roads XLVI. Kansas-Nebraska and the Indian Country XLVII. “Pike’s Peak or Bust!” XLVIII. The Frontier of the Mineral Empire XLIX. The Overland Route L. The Public Lands: Wide Open LI. The Plains in the Civil War LII. The Union Pacific Railroad LIII. The Disruption of the Tribes LIV. The Panic of 1873 LV. Frontier Panaceas LVI. The Cow Country LVII. The Closed Frontier LVIII. The Admission of the “Omnibus” States LIX. The Disappearance of the Frontier

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Audiobook: 7 February 2023