The Historical Dictionary of the American Frontier covers early Euro-American exploration and development of frontiers in North America but not only the lands that would eventually be incorporated into the Unites States it also includes the multiple North American frontiers explored by Spain, France, Russia, England, and others. The focus is upon Euro-American activities in frontier exploration and development, but the roles of indigenous peoples in these processes is highlighted throughout.
The history of this period is covered through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on explorers, adventurers, traders, religious orders, developers, and indigenous peoples. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the development of the American frontier.
Jay H. Buckley, associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, is the author of the award-winning book, William Clark: Indian Diplomat and co-author of By His Own Hand?: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis and Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. Buckley recently served as President of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.
Brenden Rensink (PhD, University of Nebraska), assistant director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies and assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University, has held faculty positions at the Joseph Smith Papers; University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Nebraska Wesleyan University; the University of Nebraska, Kearney; and Weber State University. He is the author of the forthcoming Native but Foreign: Transnational Cree, Chippewa and Yaqui Refugees and Immigrants in the U.S-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican Borderlands, 1880-present. He is the author of various articles and anthology chapters on the American West, transnational borderlands, indigenous history, and genocide studies.
