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The eastern frontier : the settlement of northern New England, 1610-1763

Traces the early cultural and social development of the rough, lawless wilderness settlements of Maine and New Hampshire.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Charles E., 1929- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1970.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects and Genres:
Frontier and pioneer life > New England.
Land settlement > New England.
Villes frontières > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Colonisation intérieure > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Land settlement.
Siedlung
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
New England.
Neuengland > Nord
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Forest and the Sea
  • Our Main End Was to Catch Fish, 1610-1680
  • The Puritan Conquest, 1638-1658
  • From Servants to Oligarchs, 1635-1692
  • Growing Pains, 1660-1713
  • The Conquest Bears Fruit, 1660-1732
  • The Oligarchy Prospers, 1700-1730
  • Expansion, 1713-1744
  • Resettlement: The Massachusetts Colonial System, 1713-1750
  • Moses Pearson and Old Falmouth, 1727-1764
  • Into the Back Parts, 1719-1750
  • From Wilderness to Country Town, 1720-1760
  • The Country Town Takes Shape, 1725-1760
  • Making Good, and Three Who Did, 1725-1763
  • The Life of the Country Town, 1725-1763
  • The Great Awakening and the Great Crusade, 1727-1745
  • Religion, Society, and Politics, 1730-1752
  • Cultural Beginnings, 1750-1760
  • Northern New England in 1760
  • The Breaking of the Dike, 1760-1775.

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