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  Annals of the Association of American GeographersVolume 62 Issue 3, Pages 461 - 486 Published Online: 23 Feb 2005 © 2007 by Association of American Geographers
Abstract | Full Text: PDF (Size: 2722K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY FRONTIER* * The author wishes to thank the University of Wisconsin for financial assistance, through a University Fellowship, a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellowship, and two travel grants, in completing the research on which this paper is based. Thanks are also due to Karen L. Pearson for completing the final illustrations. Copyright 1972 by Association of American Geographers KEYWORDS Cultural change • Economic development • Frontier • Pioneer settlement • Shenandoah Valley • Virginia • Westward expansion ABSTRACTAn approach employing three basic themes, movement through space, development in place, and changing relative location through time, is a fruitful method of reevaluating conventional environmental, cultural, and economic interpretations of frontier America. Study of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the eighteenth century indicates that frontier areas were more complex socially and more sophisticated economically than has generally been acknowledged. Traditional views of population migration and land acquisition, the contributions of national-cultural groups, and the development of economic activities are questioned. Accepted for publication 24 March 1972. |  |
