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	Daily Life on the Nineteenth Century American Frontier (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) by Mary Ellen Jones
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Product Details Binding Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number 978.02 EAN 9780313296345 ISBN 0313296340 Manufacturer Greenwood Press Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 288 Publication Date November 30, 1998 Publisher Greenwood Press Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description The nineteenth century American frontier comes alive for students and interested readers in this unique exploration of westward expansion. This study examines the daily lives of ordinary men and women who flooded into the Trans-Mississippi West in search of land, fortune, a fresh start, and a new identity. Their daily life was rarely easy. If they were to survive, they had to adapt to the land, to modify every aspect of their lives, from housing to transportation, from education to defense, from food gathering and preparation to the establishment of rudimentary laws and social structures. In addition, they had to adapt--through acculturation, warfare, or co-existence--to those already on the land, the Native Americans. “Sound organization and sprightly, clear writing make it a page-turner.”–Pacific Northwest Quarterly “Jones has included much good material on how these people lived in the West.”–The Journal of Arizona History The nineteenth century American frontier comes alive for students and interested readers in this unique exploration of westward expansion. This study examines the daily lives of ordinary men and women who flooded into the Trans-Mississippi West in search of land, fortune, a fresh start, and a new identity. Their daily life was rarely easy. If they were to survive, they had to adapt to the land, to modify every aspect of their lives, from housing to transportation, from education to defense, from food gathering and preparation to the establishment of rudimentary laws and social structures. In addition, they had to adapt--through acculturation, warfare, or co-existence--to those already on the land, the Native Americans. MARY ELLEN JONES is Director of American Studies and Associate Professor of English at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Customers who bought this item also bought Many Wests: Place, Culture, & Regional Identity Frontier Women: "Civilizing" the West? 1840-1880 Writing Research Papers (spiral bound) (12th Edition) Frontier Living: An Illustrated Guide to Pioneer Life in America Daily Life in Colonial New England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) See all books by author Mary Ellen Jones

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