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Frontier country : the politics of war in early Pennsylvania /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spero, Patrick (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Text in English.
Published: Philadelphia, PA : University Of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Insurgency > Pennsylvania > 18th century.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Pennsylvania > Boundaries > 18th century.
Maryland > Boundaries > 18th century.
Virginia > Boundaries > 18th century.
Connecticut > Boundaries > 18th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Early American frontiers
  • Chapter 1. The hidden flaw
  • Chapter 2. Growth arrives
  • Chapter 3. The first frontier crisis
  • Chapter 4. Pennsylvania's apogee
  • Chapter 5. Becoming a frontier community
  • Chapter 6. Frontier politics
  • Chapter 7. The permanent frontier
  • Chapter 8. The British Empire's frontier crisis
  • Chapter 9. Independent frontier
  • Chapter 10. Creating a frontier government
  • Conclusion. Frontiers in a new nation
  • Coda. frontiers: meanings, controversies and new evidence.