Opening the West - Federal Internal Improvements Before 1860 - Hardback - 1998

Contradicting the view that the West and its people were shaped by economic determinism - the author argues that the federal government determined the direction of settlement in the frontier before settlers arrived through its construction programme of roads and improvements to rivers and harbours.
Year of publication: 1998
Pagination: 176 pages, black & white illustrations
Format: Hardback