ISBN:
0889773610
,
9780889773615
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 527 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
23 cm
Edition:
New. ed.
DDC:
978.02
Keywords:
Northwest, Canadian History 19th century
;
West (U.S.) History 1860-1890
;
Great Plains History 19th century
;
Kanada West
;
Frontier
;
Great Plains
;
Siedlung
;
Geschichte 1869-1881
Abstract:
A history of the Old West of North America from the first explorers in the 18th century to 1881, when Sitting Bull surrendered to the Americans
Description / Table of Contents:
Between the riversThe "Medicine Line" -- The era of expansion -- Confederation comes west -- The crisis in Red River -- The birth of Manitoba -- Twin scourges: smallpox and war -- The Métis -- The Battle of the Grand Coteau -- The end of the Red River hunt -- "So Long as the Sun Shines" -- The boundary survey -- By section, township, and range -- The north-west mounted police -- The buffalo -- The road to Little Big Horn -- The events of 1876-77 -- Canada versus the United States -- Fire and starvation -- Surrender -- 1881: the end of the old West -- Epilogue: after events.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [483] - 496
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