Frontiers : a short history of the American West
Robert V. Hine (Author), John Mack Faragher (Author)
Provides a survey of the colourful history of the American West, from the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans to the beginning of the twenty-first century. This work introduces the diverse peoples and cultures of the American West and explores how men and women of different ethnic groups were affected when they met, and mingled.
Print Book, English, 2007
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Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, Conn., 2007
History
VII, 248 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten.
9780300117103, 9780300136203, 0300117108, 030013620X
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Frontiers
A Short History of the American WestBy ROBERT V. HINE JOHN MACK FARAGHER
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Copyright © 2007 Yale UniversityAll right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-300-11710-3
Contents
Preface..........................................................viiIntroduction: Dreams and Homelands...............................1Chapter 1 A New World Begins.....................................7Chapter 2 Contest of Cultures....................................17Chapter 3 The Struggle of Empires................................28Chapter 4 The Western Land and Its Markers.......................39Chapter 5 The Fur Trade..........................................52Chapter 6 From Texas to Oregon...................................62Chapter 7 War and Destiny........................................80Chapter 8 Mining Frontiers.......................................94Chapter 9 The Power of the Road..................................109Chapter 10 Open Range............................................121Chapter 11 The Safety Valve......................................133Chapter 12 A Search for Community................................147Chapter 13 The Urban Frontier....................................163Chapter 14 Plunder and Preservation..............................176Chapter 15 The Myth of the Frontier..............................191Chapter 16 The Frontier and West in Our Time.....................204Further Reading..................................................227Index............................................................231
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