Trans-Appalachian Frontier, Third Edition

Malcolm J. Rohrbough is Professor of History at the University of Iowa and co-editor (with Walter Nugent) of the Indiana University Press series A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsA Note on Citations, Quotations, Maps, and Place NamesIntroductionPart I. Across the Mountains1. The Struggle for Security2. The Search for Stability3. Security and Stability in the Territory Northwest of the OhioPart II. The Widening Frontier, 1795–18154. The Reach of Government and the Authority of Law Spread across the Western Country5. Diverse Economies Moving toward Commercial Ends6. Many Varied Societies Emerge across the Western CountryPart III. The First Great Migration, 1815–18307. Across the Old Northwest and into Missouri8. The Flowering of the Cotton FrontierPart IV. The Enduring Frontiers9. Michigan: The Great Lakes Frontier10. Florida: A Sectional Frontier11. Arkansas: A Frontier More West than SouthPart V. The Second Great Migration, 1830–185012. The New Counties of Alabama and Mississippi: A Frontier More South than West13. The Last Frontier of the Old Northwest: Illinois, Iowa, and WisconsinPart VI. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation14. Villages, Towns, and Cities Spread across the Western Country15. Changing Political Patterns across Three Generations16. The Trans-Appalachian West and the NationNotesBibliographyIndex

. . . a library would not be complete without this work.- Ginette Aley (Alabama Review) . . .[a] classic that has significantly affected how American frontiers are conceived and how frontiers west of the Appalachian Mountains have been interpreted.July 2009- Warren R. Hofstra (Shenanadoah University)