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Farming the Frontier: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786-1846

Farming the Frontier: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786-1846


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In its rich detail, this book provides the first comprehensive historyof the agricultural development of the Oregon Country. Based onextensive research in Hudsons's Bay Company documents, missionaryrecords, and military and private papers, this book traces the crucialtransition of the Pacific Northwest from a fur-trading outpost to anagricultural settlement -- a process which also saw the shift fromBritish to American jurisdiction in the area.

Table of Contents:
Tables Illustrations Prologue: Opening the Oregon Country Part One: Post Farming: Hudson's Bay Company Agriculture This Side The Mountains 1. Governor Simpson's Economy: The Origins of Post Farming 2. Governor Simpson's Reward: The Results of Post Farming 3. Physical Extremes: The Problems of Post Farming Part Two: Company Farming: Puget's Sound Agricultural Company Operations on the Cowlitz Portage 4. Grain for Alaska and Wool for England: The Origins of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company 5. Success and Failure: The Performance of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company 6. Half Shares and Mean Lands: The Problems of the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company Part Three: Homestead Farming: Pioneer Agriculture in the Willamette Valley 7. The Promised Land: The Formation of the Willamette Settlement 8. The "Garden of the Columbia": The Success of Homestead Farming Part Four: Mission Farming: Protestant and Catholic Husbandry on the Lower Columbia 9. The "Macedonian Cry": The Advent of Missionaries 10. The Fruit of the Faithful: The Outcome of Mission Farming 11. Divine Testing or Demonic Tempting: The Obstacles to Mission Farming 12. From Noble Savage to Sturdy Yeoman: Indian Farming Epilogue: Dividing the Oregon Country Abbreviations Sources for Tables Bibliography Notes Index

About the Author :
James R. Gibson is a professor in the department ofgeography at York University.

Review :
The amount and quality of research that have gone into Farming the Frontier are truly impressive. (Canadian Geographer)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780774857123
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786-1846
  • ISBN-10: 0774857129
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2007
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 280

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