The American backwoods frontier : an ethnic and ecological interpretation / Terry G. Jordan and Matti Kaups.

Main entry:

Jordan, Terry G.

Title & Author:

The American backwoods frontier : an ethnic and ecological interpretation / Terry G. Jordan and Matti Kaups.

Edition:

Softshell books ed.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Description:

xiii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-331) and index.
1. A backwoods culture -- 2. In search of a mainspring -- 3. Eastern Finnish culture and its spread to colonial America -- 4. Backwoods society in midland America -- 5. Backwoods farming -- 6. Log construction -- 7. Backwoods folk architecture -- 8. Hunting and gathering -- 9. Backwoods frontier expansion, 1725-1825 -- 10. Conclusion.

ISBN:

0801843758 (pbk.)
9780801843754 (pbk.)

Subject:

Ethnology Delaware River Region (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Human geography Delaware River Region (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Finnish Americans Delaware River Region (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) History.
Frontier and pioneer life Delaware River Region (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Civilization.
Ethnology.
Finnish Americans.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Human geography.
Delaware River Estuary Civilization.
Delaware, Baie de la (Del. et N.J.) Civilisation.
United States Delaware River Estuary.
United States Delaware River Region.
Social life History
United States

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Kaups, Matti E.
Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 108952
Call No.: ID PLS F157.D4.J67; ID:94-B3127
Status: Available

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