CONTENTS

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

AUTHOR'S PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

I. NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM (1815-1830). . . . . . . 3

II. NEW ENGLAND (1820-1830) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

III. THE MIDDLE REGION (1820-1830) . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

IV. THE SOUTH (1820-1830) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

V. COLONIZATION OF THE WEST (1820-1830) . . . . . . . . 67

VI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE
WEST (1820-1830) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

VII. WESTERN COMMERCE AND IDEALS (1820-1830) . . . . . . . 96

VIII. THE FAR WEST (1820-1830) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

IX. THE CRISIS OF 1819 AND ITS RESULTS (1819-1820) . . . 134

X. THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE (1819-1821) . . . . . . . . . 149