Author: Ernest J. Lajeunesse (basilien., Le P.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Windsor Border Region
Author: Ernest J. Lajeunesse (basilien., Le P.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Windsor Border Region
Author: Ernest J. LajeunessePublisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487581596
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
This historical survey is intended to serve as an introduction to a series of documents relating to the exploration and settlement of Canada's southernmost frontier - the Detroit River region.
The Windsor Border Region, Canada's Southernmost Frontier
Author: Ernest Joseph LajeunessePublisher: Champlain Society for the Government of Ontario, University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Michigan Genealogy
Author: Carol McGinnisPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806317557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
This is one of the finest statewide sourcebooks ever published, a remarkable compilation of sources and resources that are available to help researchers find their Michigan ancestors. It identifies records on the state and regional level and then the county level, providing details of vital records, court and land records, military records, newspapers, and census records, as well as the holdings of the various societies and institutions whose resources and facilities support the special needs of the genealogist. County-by-county, it lists the names, addresses, websites, e-mail addresses, and hours of business of libraries, archives, genealogical and historical societies, courthouses, and other record repositories; describes their manuscripts and record collections; highlights their special holdings; and provides details regarding queries, searches, and restrictions on the use of their records.
A Fluid Frontier
Author: Karolyn Smardz FrostPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814339603
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Scholars of the Underground Railroad as well as those in borderland studies will appreciate the interdisciplinary mix and unique contributions of this volume.
Frontier Seaport
Author: Catherine CanganyPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022609684X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Detroit’s industrial health has long been crucial to the American economy. Today’s troubles notwithstanding, Detroit has experienced multiple periods of prosperity, particularly in the second half of the eighteenth century, when the city was the center of the thriving fur trade. Its proximity to the West as well as its access to the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River positioned this new metropolis at the intersection of the fur-rich frontier and the Atlantic trade routes. In Frontier Seaport, Catherine Cangany details this seldom-discussed chapter of Detroit’s history. She argues that by the time of the American Revolution, Detroit functioned much like a coastal town as a result of the prosperous fur trade, serving as a critical link in a commercial chain that stretched all the way to Russia and China—thus opening Detroit’s shores for eastern merchants and other transplants. This influx of newcomers brought its own transatlantic networks and fed residents’ desires for popular culture and manufactured merchandise. Detroit began to be both a frontier town and seaport city—a mixed identity, Cangany argues, that hindered it from becoming a thoroughly “American” metropolis.
Borders and Border Regions in Europe and North America
Author: Paul GansterPublisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 9780925613233
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of the Upper Canada
Author: John ClarkePublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773520627
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 787
Book Description
Blending qualitative and quantitative approaches, John Clarke measures the pulse of Ontario's pre-industrial society."--BOOK JACKET.
Empire by Treaty
Author: Saliha BelmessousPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199391785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Empire by Treaty: Negotiating European Expansion, 1600-1900 includes indigenous voices in the debate over European appropriation of overseas territories. It is concerned with European efforts to negotiate with indigenous peoples the cession of their sovereignty through treaties.
People of the American Frontier
Author: Walter S. Dunn Jr.Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313067953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Life on the frontier in the decades before the Revolution was extremely difficult and uncertain. It was a world populated by Native Americans, merchants, fur traders, land speculators, soldiers and settlers—including women, slaves, and indentured servants. Each of these groups depended on the others in some way, and collectively they formed the patchwork that was life on the frontier. Using a wealth of material culled from primary sources, Dunn paints a vivid picture of a world caught up in the winds of change, a world poised on the edge of revolution. Life on the frontier in the decades before the Revolution was extremely difficult and uncertain. It was a world populated by Indians, merchants, fur traders, land speculators, soldiers and settlers—including women, slaves, and indentured servants. Each of these groups depended on the others in some way, and collectively they formed the patchwork that was life on the frontier. Using a wealth of material culled from primary sources, Dunn paints a vivid picture of a world caught up in the winds of change, a world poised on the edge of revolution. In the 15 years preceding the American Revolution, the existence of the frontier exerted a dominant influence on the colonial economy. The possibility of new territory in the West and the removal of the French army offered an enormous opportunity for economic expansion but such prospects were not without risk. Farmers worked endlessly to clear a few scant acres for production. Traders struggled to reach remote areas to bargain with local tribes. Merchants weighted the possibilities for enormous profit with huge risk. Native Americans faced increasing encroachment upon their traditional lands. Women and slaves played a greater role in opening the frontier than many sources have indicated.