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Buley, R CarlyleBiblio.com

The Old Northwest Pioneer Period 1815-1840 Two Volumes

Buley, R CarlyleBiblio.com

The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1815-1840

195182781Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1951. Second printing thus. Hardcover. Very good. 2 v. xiii 3 632 vol. I; viii 2 686 pages Vol. II. Illustrations. Footnotes. Maps. Bibliographical Essay. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Roscoe Carlyle Buley July 8 1893 in Georgetown Indiana – April 25 1968 in Indianapolis Indiana was a historian and educator. He received his B.A. from Indiana University in 1914 and his M.A. from the same institution in 1916. During World War I Buley served for a year in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin– Madison in 1925. In 1925–1964 Buley was a professor of history at Indiana University serving as emeritus professor from 1964 until his death. Buley authored numerous articles reviews and books winning the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for History for his 2-volume work The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1815–1840. He won the Elizur Wright Award for The American Life Convention 1906-1952: Study in the History of Life Insurance 2 vols. In 1962 Indiana University's Sigma Delta Chi journalism society presented him the Brown Derby Award for being the most popular professor on campus. The Old Northwest is an unparalleled account of the pioneer period the problems of settlers and the westward movement of the American people. No historian professional or otherwise who is interested in the history of the region comprising Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota can afford to be without this book. Based on nearly twenty-five years of research it is that rare classic which appeals to specialist and general reader alike. Volume I includes for example the following chapters: New Homes in the West / Two New States: Indiana and Illinois / The Settler and the Land / Pioneer Life – The Material Side / The Old Northwest / Ills Cures and Doctors / Pioneer Life – Social and Cultural backgrounds / Trade Travel and Transportation / Money Banking and State Finance. Volume II includes for example the following chapters: Personal Politics and Republican Solidarity / The North Settles 1825-1840 – Michigan and Wisconsin Territory / Political History / Economic History / Schools Teachers and Education / Religion / Literature – Science – Reform. Indiana University Press hardcover

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