American Frontiers
Subtitle: Cultural Encounters and Continental Conquest
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: January 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780809016020
Subjects: United States - 19th Century; History; History - U.S.; Westerns; United States - General; History / United States / State & Local
First sentence: The sleeping Pequots had no warning when the attackers snuck into their village, and they had no chance once the shooting started.
Description: With clarity and vigor, Gregory H. Nobles shows how American leaders, beginning with Washington and Jefferson, pursued a policy of national expansion and development that enabled the United States to become the dominant power on the North American continent. Within this broad framework he also explores the settlers' diverse and complex interactions with Indians as enemies, allies, and trading partners.

The result is a sensitive and perceptive account of the patterns of contact and conquest on America's frontiers over the course of four centuries.