The new country; (Record no. 8770)
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 42481 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 978.02 Bar |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 978.02 Bar |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bartlett, Richard A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The new country; |
| Remainder of title | a social history of American frontier |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Richard A. Bartlett |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford Univ. Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1974 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 487 p |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes Index and Bibliography |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | I. This land is ours: the sweep across the continent -- Some myths of the American frontier -- The problem of the Native American -- The sweep across the continent: first phase -- Ownership and order: land legislation and provision for government -- The sweep across the continent: final phase -- II. The people -- The basic mix -- Basic traits and new ingredients -- III. Agriculture: the basic endeavor -- Farming the Appalachian frontier -- Farming the Middle West and South -- Far Western farmers and cattlemen -- IV. Despoilment: the rape of the new country -- Destruction and construction by nature and man -- Far Western spoliation -- V. Transportation -- Travel by road -- Water routes and railroads -- VI. New country society -- Men, women, and families -- Society beyond the family -- VII. The urban frontier -- VIII. From new country to settled country. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | From borax mule trains to the canoe stop that was Chicago in the 1830s, this book vividly recreated the tale of the westward movement of pioneers into the heartland of North America. With nearly a century separating historian Richard Bartlett from the end of the movement, Bartlett's broad perspective stresses the continuity and inevitability of this greatest element of America's Golden Age. The book focuses on the settlement of the country, the racial and ethnic composition of the people, agriculture, transportation, developments of the land, the growth of towns and cities, and the nature of frontier society as it brilliantly brings to life the frontier experience as lived by millions of Americans. Bartlett concludes that the pioneer's freedom from restrictions in a new country resulted in the unprecedented burst of energy that settled America in some 114 years. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Frontier and pioneer life . |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | United States |
| General subdivision | Social conditions |
| Chronological subdivision | 1865-1918. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | United States |
| General subdivision | Economic conditions. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Public note |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 13.56 | 1 | 978.02 Bar | 42481 | 2013-10-25 | 2013-10-19 | In Memory of : L. H. McIntyre |