Title Tennessee frontiers : three regions in transition / John R. Finger

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps Series A history of the trans-Appalachian frontier History of the trans-Appalachian frontier. Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Foreword; Introduction; 1. LAND, PEOPLE, AND EARLY FRONTIERS; 2. TRADE, ACCULTURATION, AND EMPIRE: 1700-1775; 3. THE REVOLUTIONARY FRONTIER: 1775-1780; 4. EXPANSION AMID REVOLUTION: 1779-1783; 5. SPECULATION, TURMOIL, AND INTRIGUE: 1780-1789; 6. THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY: 1790-1796; 7. THE SOCIAL FABRIC; 8. THE FRONTIER ECONOMY; 9. STATEHOOD TO NATIONALISM: 1796-1815; 10. THE WESTERN DISTRICT: 1795-1840; 11. HEGEMONY AND CHEROKEE REMOVAL: 1791-1840; CONCLUSION; Essay on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S TU; V; W; Z Summary This chronicle of the formation of Tennessee from indigenous settlements to the closing of the frontier in 1840 begins with an account of the prehistoric frontiers and a millennia-long habitation by Native Americans. The rest of the book deals with Tennessee's historic period beginning with the incursion of Hernando de Soto's Spanish army in 1540. John R. Finger follows two narratives of the creation and closing of the frontier. The first starts with the early interaction of Native Americans and Euro-Americans and ends when the latter effectively gained the upper hand. The last land cession by the Cherokees and the resulting movement of the tribal majority westward along the "Trail of Tears" was the final, decisive event of this story. The second describes the period of Euro-American development that lasts until the emergence of a market economy. Though from the very first Anglo-Americans participated in a worldwide fur and deerskin trade, and farmers and town dwellers were linked with markets in distant cities, during this period most farmers moved beyond subsistence production and became dependent on regional, national, or international markets. Two major themes emerge from Tennessee Frontiers: first, that of opportunity the belief held by frontier people that North America offered unique opportunities for advancement; and second, that of tension between local autonomy and central authority, which was marked by the resistance of frontier people to outside controls, and between and among groups of whites and Indians. Distinctions of class and gender separated frontier elites from lesser whites, and the struggle for control divided the elites themselves. Similarly, native society was riddled by factional disputes over the proper course of action regarding relations with other tribes or with whites. Though the Indians lost in fundamental ways, they proved resilient, adopting a variety of strategies that delayed those losses and enabled them to retain, in m Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-371) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Tennessee Pioneers -- Tennessee -- History Land settlement -- Tennessee -- History Indians of North America -- Tennessee -- History Indian land transfers -- Tennessee -- History HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- General. Ethnic relations Frontier and pioneer life Indian land transfers Indians of North America Land settlement Pioneers Social conditions Frontier. Grenzgebiet Wirtschaft SUBJECT Tennessee -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85133873 Tennessee -- Social conditions Tennessee -- Ethnic relations Subject Tennessee Tennessee Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001001387 ISBN 0253108721 9780253108722 1282066161 9781282066168 9786612066160 6612066164

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