At the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America (Regional Perspectives on Early America)

"Eric Hinderaker and Peter Mancall follow the western periphery of the British empire across two hundred years of shifting terrain. Their collaboration has produced a superb new synthesis that brings clarity to the chaotic history of the colonial backcountry, mapping the collisions and collusions that occurred 'at the edge of empire,' and making clear that the evolution of the backcountry decisively shaped the legacy of colonialism in North America." -- Stephen Aron, UCLA, Director of the Autry Institute for the Study of the American West