Ronald R. Switzer

Arkansas, Forgotten Land of Plenty

Settlement and Economic Development, 1540-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

In the first decades of the 1800s, white Americans entered the rugged lands of Arkansas, which they had little explored before. They established new towns and developed commercial enterprises alongside Native Americans indigenous to Arkansas and other tribes and nations that had relocated there from the East. This history is also the story of Arkansas's people, and is told through numerous biographies, highlighting early life in frontier Arkansas over a period of 200 years. The book provides a categorical look at commerce and portrays the social diversity represented by both prominent and common Arkansans--all grappling for success against extraordinary circumstances.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781476677019
• ISBN-10: 1476677018
• Artikelnr.: 54612544

Autorenporträt

Ronald R. Switzer is a retired National Park Service executive and National Park superintendent. He has written numerous articles, reports, and books on Southwest archaeology and western history. He lives in Enid, Oklahoma.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction
1.
The Geophysical and Ecological Nature of Arkansas
2.
Early Exploration, Trade and Colonization
3.
The Beginnings of United States Commerce with the Indians: The Office of Indian Affairs and the Office of Indian Trade
4.
The Factory System of Trade
5.
The Chouteaus and Other Traders in the Three Forks Tributaries of the Arkansas River and the Territory of Arkansas
6.
Early Roads and River Ferry Crossings
7.
The Steamboat Trade and Ferry Landings
8.
Merchants, Cotton Barons and Tradesmen
9.
The Salt Trade 10.
The Illegal Liquor Trade 11.
Black Slavery and White Bondage 12.
Competition: Moving from a Frontier Exchange Economy to a Competitive Cash Economy 13.
Supplying the Military 14.
Land as a Commodity 15.
Farming, Ranching and Droving 16.
Lumber, Mining and Mills 17.
Railroads 18.
Banking 19.
Latecomers and Town Builders 20.
Manufactures: Notes on Impacts of the Civil War Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index