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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 PrefaceI. The American Frontier of 1763II. The Forks of the OhioIII. The Shenandoah Country and the TennesseeIV. The Rear of the RevolutionV. The Land ProblemVI. Creation of the Public DomainVII. The National Land SystemVIII. The Old NorthwestIX. The Western BoundariesX. The First New StatesXI. Political Theories of the FrontierXII. Jeffersonian DemocracyXIII. The Frontier of 1800XIV. Ohio: The Clash of PrinciplesXV. The Purchase of LouisianaXVI. Problems of the Southwest BorderXVII. The Bonds of UnityXVIII. The Wabash Frontier: Tecumseh, 1811XIX. The Western War of 1812XX. Stabilizing the FrontierXXI. The Great MigrationXXII. Statehood on the Ohio: Indiana and IllinoisXXIII. The Cotton Kingdom: Mississippi and AlabamaXXIV. Missouri: The New SectionalismXXV. Public Land ReformXXVI. Frontier FinanceXXVII. The American SystemXXVIII. Jacksonian DemocracyXXIX. The East, and the Western MarketsXXX. The Western Internal ImprovementsXXXI. The Permanent Indian Frontier, 1825–1841XXXII. The Mississippi Valley BoomXXXIII. The Border States: Michigan and ArkansasXXXIV. The Independent State of TexasXXXV. 1837: The Prostrate WestXXXVI. The Trail to Santa FeXXXVII. The Settlement of OregonXXXVIII. The “State” of DeseretXXXIX. The War with MexicoXL. The Conquest of CaliforniaXLI. Far West and PoliticsXLII. PreemptionXLIII. The Frontier of the FortiesXLIV. The Railroad AgeXLV. Land Grants and the Western RoadsXLVI. Kansas-Nebraska and the Indian CountryXLVII. “Pike’s Peak or Bust!”XLVIII. The Frontier of the Mineral EmpireXLIX. The Overland RouteL. The Public Lands: Wide OpenLI. The Plains in the Civil WarLII. The Union Pacific RailroadLIII. The Disruption of the TribesLIV. The Panic of 1873LV. Frontier PanaceasLVI. The Cow CountryLVII. The Closed FrontierLVIII. The Admission of the “Omnibus” StatesLIX. The Disappearance of the Frontier

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