Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Early American Frontiers 1
4. Chapter 1. The Hidden Flaw 14
5. Chapter 2. Growth Arrives 34
6. Chapter 3. The First Frontier Crisis 49
7. Chapter 4. Pennsylvania’s Apogee 71
8. Chapter 5. Becoming a Frontier Country 103
9. Chapter 6. Frontier Politics 126
10. Chapter 7. The Permanent Frontier 148
11. Chapter 8. The British Empire’s Frontier Crisis 170
12. Chapter 9. Independent Frontiers 197
13. Chapter 10. Creating a Frontier Government 223
14. Conclusion. Frontiers in a New Nation 247
15. Coda. Frontiers: Meanings, Controversies, and New Evidence 260
16. Notes 277
17. Index 327
18. Acknowledgments 339