Cities of the prairie; [electronic resource] the metropolitan frontier and American politics [by] Daniel J. Elazar.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1. Cities, frontiers, and section. The metropolitan frontier ; The cities of the prairie and the three frontiers ; The cities of the prairie and the greater west -- Part 2. Streams of migration and political culture. The cities of the prairie and the American migrations ; Political cleavages and political control ; Political culture and politics in state and community ; Competing political cultures in Illinois ; Variagions in state political cultures and their political meaning -- Part 3. Cities, states, and nation. The cities of the prairie and the American partnership ; The civil community at midfrontier.