Bibliograph

West of the Revolution, an uncommon history of 1776, Claudio Saunt

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West of the Revolution, an uncommon history of 1776, Claudio Saunt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

West of the Revolution

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

875056112

Responsibility statement

Claudio Saunt

Sub title

an uncommon history of 1776

Summary

We all know 1776 as the year in which the Continental Congress declared independence, but here Claudio Saunt tells an intriguing, largely untold story of other events of that year: The Spanish established the first European colony in San Francisco and set off a cataclysm for the region’s native residents; Russians pushed into Alaska in search of valuable sea otters, devastating local Aleut communities; the British extended their fur trade from Hudson Bay deep into the continent, sparking an environmental revolution that transformed America’s boreal forests; Creek Indians navigated the Caribbean to explore trade with Cuba; the Osages expanded their dominion west of the Mississippi River, overwhelming the small Spanish outposts in the area; and the Sioux advanced across the Dakotas

Table Of Contents

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 Blacks Hills and the Lakota nation -- An invasion of malefactors: Osage Country -- Surrounded: the deep South interior

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