List of References on the History of the West: Revised Edition

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920. Excerpt: ... VII. The French And Indian Barriers, 1600-1765 General Reading Guide, 106, 108-110, 147-148. Channing, History of the United States, II, chs. 5, 18, 19 (pp. 131-154; 527-603). Thwaites, France in America, American Nation, VII. (Useful bibliography in ch. 19.) Greene, Provincial America, American Nation, VI, chs. 7-10. Parkman, France and England in North America (12 vols). The chronological order is given in Thwaites, France in America, 297; edition cited below is 1898. Winsor, Cartier to Frontenac., Mississippi Basin., Narrative and Critical History of America, IV, V. C. H. Mcllwain (Ed.), Wraxall's Abridgment of the New York State Indian Records, 1678 to 1751. Ogg, Opening of the Mississippi, chs. 3-7. Avery, History of the United States, II, 1-21; HI, 155 191,309-328; IV. (Useful maps and illustrations.) F. J. Turner, " Rise and Fall of New France," in Chautau quan, XXIV, 31-34, 295-300. (Brief sketch.) Significance of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes Basin Brigham, Geographic Influences in American History, chs. 4-6. Van Hise, Conservation of Natural Resources, 271-274. Powell, Physiographic Regions, 82-86. Shaler, America, I. Winsor, Mississippi Basin, 4-32. Ogg, Opening of the Mississippi, 1-7; and "Growth of Population in the Mississippi Valley," in World To-Day (February, 1905), III, 186-190. F. J. Turner, " The Middle West," in International Monthly (December, 1901), IV, 794-798., "Significance of the Mississippi Valley in American History," in Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1910. H. P. Judson, in N. S. Shaler Ed., United States, I, chs. 3, 5. A. B. Hart, "Future of the Mississippi Valley," in Harper's Monthly (February, 1900), C, 413. Exploration and Indian Trade Parkman, Frontenac; La Salle;... TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE Thesis Topics I. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRONTIER II. SIGNIFICANCE OF GEOGRAPHIC SECTIONS III. SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIAN OCCUPATION IV. THE ATLANTIC PLAINS: THE VIRGINIA TYPE V. THE OCCUPATION OF NEW ENGLAND TO 1700 VI. THE OCCUPATION OF THE OLD WEST,1700–1770 VII. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN BARRIERS, 1600–1765 VIII. BRITISH WESTERN POLICY, 1763–1775 IX. THE CROSSING OF THE ALLEGHANIES, AND BEGINNINGS OF SETTLEMENT OF THE ALLEGHANY PLATEAUS, 1769–1775 X. THE WEST IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1774–1783 XI. GOVERNMENT OF THE WEST, 1774–1789 XII. THE WEST IN AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AND THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, 1763–1804 XIII. LAND POLICY AND THE SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE OHIO VALLEY (APPALACHIAN PLATEAU), 1785–1800 XIV. INDIANS AND THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE WEST, 1804–1815 XV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTH CENTRAL STATES (LAKE AND PRAIRIE PLAINS), 1800–1850 XVI. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES (GULF PLAINS) TO 1850 XVII. GOVERNMENT IN THE WEST, 1800–1850 XVIII. SLAVERY IN THE WEST, 1787–1850 XIX. THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, 1800–1850 XX. INTERNAL COMMERCE, 1815–1850 XXI. TRANSPORTATION AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, 1816–1850 XXII. THE TARIFF AND THE WEST, 1816–1850 ХХIII. WESTERN ASPECTS OF CURRENCY AND BANKING, 1811–1850 XXIV. JACKSON DEMOCRATS, CLAY WHIGS, AND HARRISON WHIGS XXV. DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, 1830–1850 XXVI. GEOGRAPHIC PROVINCES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI XXVII. WESTERN INDIANS XXVIII. EXPLORATION OF THE FAR WEST XXIX. TRANS–MISSISSIPPI TRADE, 1812–1850 XXX. THE ARMY ON THE FRONTIER, 1820–1850 XXXI. THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRONTIER ABOUT 1840 ΧΧII. SETTLEMENT, INDEPENDENCE, AND ANNEXATION OF TEXAS XXXIII. THE OCCUPATION OF OREGON XXXIV. THE MORMON MIGRATION TO THE INTERIOR BASIN XXXV. OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA XXXVI. THE MEXICAN WAR XXXVII. GOVERNMENT AND SLAVERY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES: COMPROMISE OF 1850 XXXVIII. THE WEST AND SLAVERY, 1850–1860 XXXIX. THE WEST IN THE CIVIL WAR XL. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINING FKONTIER, 1859–1876 XLI. THE INDIANS AND THE ARMY ON THE FRONTIER, 1850–1876 XLII. THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS TO 1870 XLIII. LANDS AND AGKICULTUKE IN THE MIDDLE WEST, 1860–1880 XLIV. GRANGERS AND GBEENBACKERS TO 1880 XLV. THE GREAT LAKES AND THE N EW NORTHWEST, 1870–1890 XLVI. THE GBEAT PLAINS AND THE SOUTHWEST, 1870–1890 XLVII. THE POPULISTS, 1890–1896 XLVIII. THE NEW WEST, 1900–1910 XLIX. COMBINATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST L. CONSERVATION AND THE WEST LI. THE PROGRESSIVES LII. THE WEST IN THE WOBLD WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION LIII. CONTEMPORANEOUS WESTERN IDEALS Biographical note: MerkFrederick: Frederick Merk was Gurney Professor of American History, Harvard University