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[First edition]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 322 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Defining documents in American history
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Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
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| Note |
Edition statement supplied by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Shifting borders. On Texas independence ; A foreigner in my own land ; Mexican denunciations of the United States ; The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ; On seizing land from native Californians ; Walt Whitman : The Spanish element in our nationality -- Westward movement. The Fremont Expedition across the Sierra Nevada range ; Across the Plains in 1844 ; Donner Party diary ; The discovery of gold in California ; A woman's trip across the Plains ; Observations regarding the transcontinental railroad ; The rush to Oklahoma ; Mormon disavowal of plural marriage -- Indian wars and woes. Accounts of the Sand Creek massacre ; Status report on the condition of the Navajos ; Trouble on the Paiute reservation ; Treaty of Fort Laramie ; Accounts of the battle of Little Bighorn ; Speech by Chief Joseph on a visit to Washington, DC ; President Chester Arthur : Indian policy reform ; The surrender of Geronimo ; Dawes Act ; Wovoka : The messiah letter ; The ghost dance among the Lakota ; Eyewitness to the massacre at Wounded Knee ; Lakota accounts of the massacre at Wounded Knee -- Asian American affairs. A Chinese American protest ; People v. Hall ; Chinese Exclusion Act -- Cowboys and outlaws. On being a Pony Express rider ; Jesse James in his own defense ; On Billy the Kid ; Shootout at the O.K. corral ; Theodore Roosevelt in cowboy-land ; A scout with the Buffalo Soldiers -- Environmental actions. The Alaska purchase ; From Canyons of the Colorado ; The establishment of Yellowstone National Park ; The extermination of the American bison ; Features of the proposed Yosemite National Park ; Letters to John Muir -- Beyond the West. Buffalo Bill's Wild West show ; The significance of the frontier in American history ; The march of the flag -- Appendixes. Chronological list ; Web resources ; Bibliography ; Index. |
| Summary |
"Defining Documents in American History: The American West offers a broad range of historical documents on important figures and topics in American West research. Written by historians and experts in the field, this resource examines a wide array of primary source documents with an in-depth critical analysis. Articles begin by introducing the reader to the document's historical context, followed by a description of the author's life and circumstances in which the document was written. A document analysis guides readers in understanding key elements of language, rhetoric, and social and political meaning that define the significance of the author and the document in American history. From speeches to journal entries, government documents and newspaper articles, students and researchers will gain new insights into America's westward expansion, through the thoughts and letters of the brave Americans who ventured out to seek their fortunes and reshape our nation."--Publisher description |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- Sources.
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United States. |
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Territorial expansion. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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Indians of North America. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Chinese Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century -- Sources.
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Nature conservation -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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Nature conservation. |
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Chinese Americans. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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West United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Shally-Jensen, Michael, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: American West (1836-1900). [First edition]. Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, 2014 9781619255333 (OCoLC)897845377 |
| ISBN |
9781619255340 (electronic book) |
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1619255340 (electronic book) |
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9781619255333 |
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1619255332 |
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