Boundless Frontier: America From Christopher Columbus to Abraham Lincoln (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761813026)

The Boundless Frontier follows the major events of American History from the pre-Columbian Indians through the Civil War. This comprehensive reader presents the development of America as it changed from an unexplored Indian land into a "civilized" and unified country as the Europeans and their descendents pushed into the frontier, constantly moving the borders to the west. James T. Wall depicts this development of a nation through this gradual engulfing of land to its sophistication as technology guided its evolution and a new democratic government took over. He notes the effects of other countries on the nature of America, while describing their relationship with the people there. Yet, Wall focuses on the growth and conflict that evolved as a vast frontier became a unified country that suffered from many internal and external conflicts. He ends with the conflict that temporarily divided the United States, the Civil War.

Author: James T. Wall
ISBN-10: 0761813020
ISBN-13: 9780761813026
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 02/18/1999
Pages: 369
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 5.90h x 8.95w x 0.76d