West of the Revolution
An Uncommon History of 1776
New York : W.W. Norton and Company, [2014]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islands by the Russians' hunt for sea otters.
Contents:
Prologue: Western speculation: Henderson's Transylvania colony -- The Russians are coming. Soft gold: Aleuts and Russians in Alaska -- A war for independence: the San Diego uprising -- First contact: colonizing San Francisco -- Across the Colorado Plateau -- The continental divide. A forest transformed: the Hudson's Bay Company and Cumberland House -- The discovery: the Black Hills and the Lakota nation -- An invasion of malefactors: Osage Country -- Surrounded: the deep South interior -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Indians of North America -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Europeans -- America -- History.
United States -- History -- 18th century.
America -- Colonization -- History.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Europe -- Colonies -- America.
North America -- Description and travel.
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century.
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century.
Indians of North America -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Europeans -- America -- History.
United States -- History -- 18th century.
America -- Colonization -- History.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Europe -- Colonies -- America.
North America -- Description and travel.
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century.
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century.
ISBN:
9780393240207
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War American Rev. Sau | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War American Rev. Sau | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index.