Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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980915
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Doc. No
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b735285
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Main Entry
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Golay, Michael,1951-
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Title & Author
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The tide of empire : : America's march to the Pacific /\ Michael Golay.
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Publication Statement
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Hoboken, N.J. :: Wiley,, ©2003.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiv, 386 pages)
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ISBN
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0471690392
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: 9780471690399
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-368) and index.
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Contents
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Ways West -- The road to India -- Arcadia -- The missionary impulse -- The great migration -- Manifest destiny -- The country of the setting sun.
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Abstract
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Uses letters, diaries, and published and unpublished memoirs to chronicle the contributions of the trappers, traders, explorers, missionaries, and pioneers who opened the Pacific Coast to mass settlement.
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Subject
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Frontier and pioneer life-- Oregon.
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Fur traders-- Oregon-- History-- 19th century.
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Missionaries-- Oregon-- History-- 19th century.
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Overland journeys to the Pacific.
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Pioneers-- Oregon-- History-- 19th century.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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Fur traders.
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HISTORY-- State Local.
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Missionaries.
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Overland journeys to the Pacific.
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Pioneers.
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Expansie (macht)
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Exploratie.
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Nederzettingen.
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Columbia River Valley, Discovery and exploration.
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Columbia River Valley, History, 19th century.
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Oregon Territory, History.
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Oregon, Discovery and exploration.
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Frontier
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Oregon
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Oregon.
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United States, Columbia River Valley.
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United States, Oregon Territory
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Dewey Classification
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978/.02
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LC Classification
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F880.G65 2003eb
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NLM classification
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15.85bcl
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NP 6020rvk
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