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Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860
Anne Farrar Hyde
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Description for Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860
Hardback. A study of the role of family and trade networks in shaping the American West in the nineteenth century. Series: History of the American West. Num Pages: 648 pages, 43 illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1100.
To most people living in the West, the Louisiana Purchase made little difference: the United States was just another imperial overlord to be assessed and manipulated. This was not, as Empires, Nations, and Families makes clear, virgin wilderness discovered by virtuous Anglo entrepreneurs. Rather, the United States was a newcomer in a place already complicated by vying empires. This book documents the broad family associations that crossed national and ethnic lines and that, along with the river systems of the trans-Mississippi West, formed the basis for a global trade in furs that had operated for hundreds of years before the ... Read more
To most people living in the West, the Louisiana Purchase made little difference: the United States was just another imperial overlord to be assessed and manipulated. This was not, as Empires, Nations, and Families makes clear, virgin wilderness discovered by virtuous Anglo entrepreneurs. Rather, the United States was a newcomer in a place already complicated by vying empires. This book documents the broad family associations that crossed national and ethnic lines and that, along with the river systems of the trans-Mississippi West, formed the basis for a global trade in furs that had operated for hundreds of years before the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
History of the American West
Condition
New
Weight
1099g
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803224056
SKU
V9780803224056
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About Anne Farrar Hyde
Anne F. Hyde is a professor of history at Colorado College. She is the author of An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and National Culture and coauthor, with William Deverell, of The West in the History of the Nation.
Reviews for Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860
This is an important and useful book, and it should find a large readership. -Katrine Barber, Oregon Historical Quarterly
Katrine Barber
Oregon Historical Quarte
The strength of [Hyde's] work lies in her ability to assemble and integrate a vast amount of secondary work into a thematic framework that emphasizes the important role kinship structures played in ... Read more
Katrine Barber
Oregon Historical Quarte
The strength of [Hyde's] work lies in her ability to assemble and integrate a vast amount of secondary work into a thematic framework that emphasizes the important role kinship structures played in ... Read more