Claiming the American Wilderness - International Rivalry in the Trans-mississippi West, 1528-1803

Zusatztext Die Geschichte der Treuhandanstalt ist die Geschichte des größten politischenund wirtschaftlichen Abenteuers nach dem Fall der Mauer 1989. Es ist derspannede Bericht von der Privatisierung eines ganzen Staates! mit der Planwirtschaftgezimmert wurde. Welcher menschliche Preis jenseits der vielen Milliardendafür zu zahlen war! wird enthüllt in den Erinnerungen der kleinen undgroßen Mitspieler anbei diesem vaterländischen Monopoly! die zufällig durchdas plötzliche Mirakel Mauerfall ein geradezu wahnsinniges gemeinsamesZiel hatten. Deutsche Zeitgeschichte mit allen Zutaten eines politischenThrillers - Mord! Betrug! Hoffnung! Verrat! Intrigen! Niederlagen und Sieg. Informationen zum Autor Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies. Klappentext In the early sixteenth century, as voyages across the Atlantic became more feasible and consequently more frequent, international competition for possession of the New World intensified. Occupied by numerous Indian tribes, western North America was home to vast natural resources, alleged riches and a fabled waterway that would connect the Mississippi with the Pacific Ocean. Over the next two centuries, Spanish, French, British, Russian and American explorers flocked to the Trans-Mississippi West, competing with each other as well as the native Indian groups for possession of the western half of the continent. Beginning with the 1528 shipwreck of Spanish conquistador Cabeza de Vaca and ending with the negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, this volume presents a broadly based general survey of the events which took place in the Trans-Mississippi West during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The book focuses on the international rivalries west of the Mississippi and the resulting intense military and commercial competition. Using a unique prismatic rather than chronological approach, the work examines six distinct groups--Native American Indians, Spanish, French, British, Russians and Americans--and the objectives of each with regard to the Trans-Mississippi West. Sources include contemporary journals of explorers such as Lewis and Clark. An epilogue evaluates the success of the respective quests while a brief chronology at the end of the text serves to orient the reader. Appendices address eight related topics including the Lewis and Clark expedition, firearms on the early frontier, and the coming of the horse. Zusammenfassung Presents a general survey of the events which took place in the Trans-Mississippi West during the sixteenth! seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This book examines six distinct groups - Native American Indians! Spanish! French! British! Russians and Americans - and the objectives of each with regard to the Trans-Mississippi West. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Introduction      1. The Indians: Coping with the Europeans and Americans      2. The Spaniards: Children of the Sun      3. The French: Lords of Rivers and Lakes      4. The British: From Rupert's Land to the Pacific      5. The Russians: "Soft Gold"-The Richest Fur in the World      6. The Americans: To All Points West      7. Epilogue: The Six Rivals: A Summing-Up      Selected Chronology, 1492-1804     Appendices1: The Lewis and Clark Expedition     2: Mirrors of the Trans-Mississippi West: George Catlin and Karl Bodmer     3: The Coming of the Horse     4: Firearms on the Early Frontiers     5: Protecting Northern New Spain from the Apaches     6: A Spanish Requerimiento     7: The Treaty of San Ildefonso     8: Coureurs de Bois and Voyageurs: The Men and Their Boats     Chapter Notes     Bibliography     Index     ...

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• Authors: Hunt Janin
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2006
• EAN: 9780786425518
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-2551-8
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories