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Frontier life : borderlands, settlement & colonial encounters
Title
Frontier life : borderlands, settlement & colonial encounters.
Publication
[Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK] : Adam Matthew Digital
Physical Description
1 online resource
Extent
Began around 2016?
Local Notes
Primary remote access for Yale University authorized users is through EZproxy; resource may also be accessed through Yale's Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on contents viewed April 18, 2017; title from home page.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Frontier life, borderlands, settlements and colonial encounters documents the experience on the edges of the anglophone world from 1650-1920. It features documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in North America, Australiasia, and Africa. Major themes included are settlement development, law and order, violence, expeditions and exploration, relations with indigenous peoples, trade and commerce, death and disease, missionaries and religion, women's history, military matters, mining and gold rushes, settler governance, contested boundaries, and agriculture and livestock. The majority of the material are unpublished manuscripts in the form of correspondence, diaries, land records, and business records. Features of Frontier Life include: interactive maps and chronology, visual galleries, thematic guides, and frontier settlement floorplans and images.
Variant and related titles
Frontier life: borderlands, settlement and colonial encounters
Format
Databases / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 02, 2018
Subjects
Genre/Form
Databases.
Sources.
Internet videos.
Video recordings.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), issuing body.
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