A Colony Sprung from Hell : Pittsburgh and the Struggle for Authority on the Western Pennsylvania Frontier, 1744-1794 /

The early settlement of the region around Pittsburgh was characterized by a messy collision of personal, provincial, national, and imperial interests. Driven by the efforts of Europeans, Pennsylvanians, Virginians, and Indians, almost everyone attempted to manipulate the clouded political jurisdicti...

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Autor principal: Barr, Daniel P., 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jurisdiction.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Juridiction > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Jurisdiction > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh Region > History > 18th century.
Jurisdiction > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh Region.
United States.
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh Region.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution)
Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Pittsburgh Region (Pa.) > History > 18th century.
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: the most unaccountable country and inhabitants in the world
  • Part I. Competition
  • Provinces will be jealous of one another
  • Great application, many arguments, and much difficulty
  • Never come to peace again
  • Part II. Regulation
  • Quiet and peaceable possession?
  • Shadows of law and justice
  • A spirit of hostility
  • Part III. Revolution
  • A party spirit prevails
  • This country is strangely infatuated
  • Mutual distrust and jealousy
  • Epilogue: the ends of the American earth.

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