The Resource West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860
West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860
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The item West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- West to Far Michigan is a study of the lower peninsula's occupation by agriculturalists, whose presence forever transformed the land and helped to create the modern state of Michigan. This is not simply a history of Michigan, but rather a work that focuses on why the state developed as it did. Although Michigan is seen today as an industrial state whose history is couched in terms of the fur trade and the international rivalry for the Great Lakes, agricultural settlement shaped its expansion. Using a model of agricultural colonization derived from comparative studies, Lewis exam
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (536 pages)
- Contents
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- List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Frontier Studies and Approach to Michigan's Past; 2. Michigan Before 1815: Prelude to American Settlement; 3. The Environmental Context of Colonization; 4. The Impact of Perception on Settlement; 5. The Transfer of Land; 6. The Settlers' Acquisition of Land; 7. Strategies for Settlement; 8. Michigan's Frontier Economy in 1845; 9. Population Expansion, Transportation, and Settlement Pattering on the Michigan Frontier, 1845-1860; 10. Long-Distance Transportation and External Trade
- 11. The Restructuring of Michigan Agriculture12. The Organization of Production and Marketing; 13. The Consolidation of Settlement and Transportation; 14. The Landscape of Settlement in Southern Michigan in 1860; 15. Epilogue; Appendices; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780870139345
- Label
- West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860
- Title
- West to Far Michigan
- Title remainder
- Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860
- Subject
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- Agricultural colonies
- Agricultural colonies -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- History
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Land settlement
- Land settlement -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- Land settlement patterns -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Land tenure
- Land tenure -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Lower Peninsula (Mich.) -- History -- 19th century
- Michigan
- Michigan -- History -- 19th century
- Michigan -- Lower Peninsula
- Land settlement patterns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- West to Far Michigan is a study of the lower peninsula's occupation by agriculturalists, whose presence forever transformed the land and helped to create the modern state of Michigan. This is not simply a history of Michigan, but rather a work that focuses on why the state developed as it did. Although Michigan is seen today as an industrial state whose history is couched in terms of the fur trade and the international rivalry for the Great Lakes, agricultural settlement shaped its expansion. Using a model of agricultural colonization derived from comparative studies, Lewis exam
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lewis, Kenneth E
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Indians of North America
- Agricultural colonies
- Land settlement patterns
- Land settlement
- Land tenure
- Michigan
- Lower Peninsula (Mich.)
- HISTORY
- Agricultural colonies
- Indians of North America
- Land settlement
- Land settlement patterns
- Land tenure
- Michigan
- Michigan
- Label
- West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-500) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Frontier Studies and Approach to Michigan's Past; 2. Michigan Before 1815: Prelude to American Settlement; 3. The Environmental Context of Colonization; 4. The Impact of Perception on Settlement; 5. The Transfer of Land; 6. The Settlers' Acquisition of Land; 7. Strategies for Settlement; 8. Michigan's Frontier Economy in 1845; 9. Population Expansion, Transportation, and Settlement Pattering on the Michigan Frontier, 1845-1860; 10. Long-Distance Transportation and External Trade
- 11. The Restructuring of Michigan Agriculture12. The Organization of Production and Marketing; 13. The Consolidation of Settlement and Transportation; 14. The Landscape of Settlement in Southern Michigan in 1860; 15. Epilogue; Appendices; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- ocn876514184
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (536 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780870139345
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt128q039
- 287eb3cc-dcd6-465d-81f1-fa726868db2f
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)876514184
- Label
- West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-500) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Frontier Studies and Approach to Michigan's Past; 2. Michigan Before 1815: Prelude to American Settlement; 3. The Environmental Context of Colonization; 4. The Impact of Perception on Settlement; 5. The Transfer of Land; 6. The Settlers' Acquisition of Land; 7. Strategies for Settlement; 8. Michigan's Frontier Economy in 1845; 9. Population Expansion, Transportation, and Settlement Pattering on the Michigan Frontier, 1845-1860; 10. Long-Distance Transportation and External Trade
- 11. The Restructuring of Michigan Agriculture12. The Organization of Production and Marketing; 13. The Consolidation of Settlement and Transportation; 14. The Landscape of Settlement in Southern Michigan in 1860; 15. Epilogue; Appendices; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- ocn876514184
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (536 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780870139345
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt128q039
- 287eb3cc-dcd6-465d-81f1-fa726868db2f
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)876514184
Subject
- Agricultural colonies
- Agricultural colonies -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- History
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Land settlement
- Land settlement -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- Land settlement patterns -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Land tenure
- Land tenure -- Michigan | Lower Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
- Lower Peninsula (Mich.) -- History -- 19th century
- Michigan
- Michigan -- History -- 19th century
- Michigan -- Lower Peninsula
- Land settlement patterns
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