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A History of the American West

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University of Oklahoma Press
Language
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Pages
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1991, University of Oklahoma Press
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Table of Contents

Figures Page ix
Maps Page xiii
Tables Page xv
Acknowledgments Page xvii
One. The Origins of the West Page 1
1. The Seeds of the West Page 5
2. Empires and Indians Page 27
Two. The Federal Government and the Nineteenth-Century West Page 55
3. The Conquest of the West Page 61
4. The Federal Government and the Indians Page 85
5. Exploring the Land Page 119
6. Distributing the Land Page 137
7. Territorial Government Page 155
Three. Transformation and Development Page 179
8. Te Transformation of Western Society: Migration Page 183
9. Transforming the Land Page 212
10. The West and the World Economy Page 236
11. The Economic Structure of the West Page 270
12. New Communities and the Western Social Order Page 298
13. Social Conflict Page 328
14. Western Politics Page 353
Four. The Bureaucratic Revolution in the West Page 389
15. At the Centers of Power Page 395
16. On the Peripheries of Power Page 431
Five. Transforming the West Page 459
17. The Depression Page 463
18. World War II and Its Aftermath: Reshaping the West Page 496
Six. The Modern West Page 535
19. Rise of the Metropolitan West Page 541
20. The West and the Nation Page 574
21. The Imagined West Page 613
Epilogue Page 633
Index Page 636

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hardcover
Pagination
xix, 644p
Number of pages
644
Weight
1360 grams

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OL25910198M
ISBN 10
0 8051 2366 4

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