West to Far Michigan : Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860.

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West to Far Michigan is a study of the lower peninsula's occupation by agriculturalists, whose presence forever transformed the land and helped to create the modern state of Michigan. This is not simply a history of Michigan, but rather a work that focuses on why the state developed as it did. Altho...

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Main Author: Lewis, Kenneth E.
Language:English
Published: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Land tenure > Michigan > Lower Peninsula > History > 19th century.
Agricultural colonies > Michigan > Lower Peninsula > History > 19th century.
Land settlement patterns > Michigan > Lower Peninsula > History > 19th century.
Land settlement > Michigan > Lower Peninsula > History > 19th century.
Land tenure > Michigan > Lower Peninsula > History > 19th century.
Michigan > History > 19th century.
Lower Peninsula (Mich.) > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Agricultural colonies.
Indians of North America > Land tenure.
Land settlement.
Land settlement patterns.
Land tenure.
Michigan.
Michigan > Lower Peninsula.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History.
Genre:
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (536 pages)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Frontier Studies and Approach to Michigan's Past; 2. Michigan Before 1815: Prelude to American Settlement; 3. The Environmental Context of Colonization; 4. The Impact of Perception on Settlement; 5. The Transfer of Land; 6. The Settlers' Acquisition of Land; 7. Strategies for Settlement; 8. Michigan's Frontier Economy in 1845; 9. Population Expansion, Transportation, and Settlement Pattering on the Michigan Frontier, 1845-1860; 10. Long-Distance Transportation and External Trade.
  • 11. The Restructuring of Michigan Agriculture12. The Organization of Production and Marketing; 13. The Consolidation of Settlement and Transportation; 14. The Landscape of Settlement in Southern Michigan in 1860; 15. Epilogue; Appendices; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.