Into the West: The Story of Its PeopleKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 18 Des 2007 - 544 halaman Acclaimed historian Walter Nugent brings us what is perhaps the most comprehensive and fascinating account to date of the peopling of the American West. In this epic social-demographic history, Nugent explores the populations of the West as they grow, change and intersect from the Paleo-Indians, the Spanish Conquistadors, to displaced Okies, wartime African American immigrants, and all the disparate groups that have made California the most ethnically diverse state in the union. Their tale, in all its complexity, is a tale that surprises, that subverts traditional stereotypes and that illuminates the multifaceted character of one of the world’s most unique and dynamic territories. |
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... North Platte or Grand Island. Dakotans both North and South name the 100th meridian, which cuts most of those states into the West. Kansans are sure that the West begins somewhere in their Sunflower State. So where is the eastern edge ...
... North Platte or Grand Island. Dakotans both North and South name the 100th meridian, which cuts most of those states into the West. Kansans are sure that the West begins somewhere in their Sunflower State. So where is the eastern edge ...
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... north for centuries before steamships and railroads opened North and South America to them as targets of oppor- tunity . Contract workers from China , Japan , and the Philippines sailed east for similar reasons . In the American West ...
... north for centuries before steamships and railroads opened North and South America to them as targets of oppor- tunity . Contract workers from China , Japan , and the Philippines sailed east for similar reasons . In the American West ...
Halaman 9
... North Platte or Grand Island . Dakotans both North and South name the 100th meridian , which cuts most of those states into the West . Kansans are sure that the West begins somewhere in their Sunflower State . So where is the eastern ...
... North Platte or Grand Island . Dakotans both North and South name the 100th meridian , which cuts most of those states into the West . Kansans are sure that the West begins somewhere in their Sunflower State . So where is the eastern ...
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... North Platte celebrates Buffalo Bill Cody , who built a ranch there in 1886 , although he spent most of his life elsewhere . But who could argue when North Platte asserts that " No one personifies the frontier better than Buffalo Bill ...
... North Platte celebrates Buffalo Bill Cody , who built a ranch there in 1886 , although he spent most of his life elsewhere . But who could argue when North Platte asserts that " No one personifies the frontier better than Buffalo Bill ...
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... North Dakota blend imperceptibly with Alberta and Saskatchewan . The Rockies are as important a feature of Alberta and British Columbia as they are of Montana , Idaho , and Colorado . Vancouver is as much a Pacific Rim city as Seattle ...
... North Dakota blend imperceptibly with Alberta and Saskatchewan . The Rockies are as important a feature of Alberta and British Columbia as they are of Montana , Idaho , and Colorado . Vancouver is as much a Pacific Rim city as Seattle ...
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Kansas Nebraska and Dakota Territory | 65 |
Cattle Drives and Cattle Towns | 73 |
Creating the Mormon Culture Area | 80 |
Creating Pasadena and Los Angeles | 89 |
The West as an Urban Frontier | 95 |
Tourists Honyockers Mexicans and More 19141929 | 174 |
Dust Bowl and Depression 19291941 | 227 |
The War the Baby Boom | 255 |
Where It All Starts 19651987 | 312 |
The Leading Edge 19871998 | 351 |
Notes | 381 |
Bibliography | 435 |
Index | 477 |
Defying the Depression 18891901 | 101 |
The Golden Twilight of the Settlement Frontier 19011913 | 131 |
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