Malone Laurence J (14 results)

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Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Contradicting the view that the West and its people were shaped by economic determinism - the author argues that the federal government determined the direction of settlement in the frontier before settlers arrived through its construction programme of road.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Following Frederick Jackson Turner's lead, most economic historians assume the West and its people were shaped by economic determinism. This study proposes a different path. The federal government, Malone claims, opened the frontier before waves of settlers arrived by constructing a network of roads and making improvements to rivers and harbors. The book begins by analyzing federal transportation expenditures from 1800 to 1860 and then moves on to look at early federal improvement programs and their effects on determining the direction of settlement in the New West.Settlement in the New West states-Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota-accelerated after the government's projects were constructed. The tracking of internal improvement expenditures in sparsely settled regions shows the federal government had a significant role in initiating growth prior to the more widely acknowledged railroad developments after mid-century. …

Buch. Condition: Neu. Opening the West | Federal Internal Improvements Before 1860 | Laurence J. Malone | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 1998 | Praeger | EAN 9780313306716 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…