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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Shaped by the West is a primary-source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. The sources included in this volume reflect the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, from the pre-Columbian era to 1877. William Deverell and Anne F. Hyde provide a nuanced look at the past, balancing topics in society and politics and representing all kinds of westerners--black and white, native and immigrant, male and female, powerful and powerless--from more than twenty states across the West and the shifting frontier."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Vol. 2. Chapter 1. Railroads West -- 1. Industrializing the Western Landscape -- 2. Rationalizing Western Space -- 3. Conquering Nature by Violence -- 4. Railroad Work and the Indispensability of Chinese Labor -- 5. Railroad Graft and Influence -- 6. Picturing the West and the Rails -- 7. Hardly Romantic: A Famed Travel Writer Goes West in the 1980s -- Chapter 2. Western Conquest: The War against Native America -- 8. A Military Officer Justifies the Sand Creek Massacre -- 9. Instructions to Whites in Indian Country -- 10. A Military Officer's View of the Black Hills -- 11. A Cheyenne View of Battle -- 12. A Nez Perce's Call for Peace Chapter 3. The Unwelcome -- 13. The Chinese Question in a California City -- 14. The Chinese Question in Cartoon -- 15. Sealing the Borders -- Chapter 4. The Rise of the Western Metropolis -- 16. A Tourist's View of the Utah Territory -- 17. A Day in Denver -- 18. An African American Community in the West -- 19 and 20. Demography in the West Chapter 5. Populism: The Politics of Protest -- 21. Women in the Populist Movement -- 22. Defending Populism -- 23. A Newspaperman Opposes Populism -- 24. Silver Populism and "The Cross of Gold" -- Chapter 6. Labor Unrest in the West -- 25. The "White Caps" of New Mexico Make Their Demands Known -- 26. Unrest in Idaho -- 27. The Miners Reply -- 28. A Muckraker Charts a Middle Course -- 29. Protesting Conditions in Colorado -- 30. Support for the Mine Owners -- Chapter 7. Los Angeles Comes of Age -- 31. The (Presumed) Control of Nature: Los Angeles Plans to Concretize Its River -- 32. The Socialist Party in Los Angeles Supports the L.A. Aqueduct -- 33. Water for the Thirsty Metropolis -- 34. The Ocean Beckons -- Chapter 8. World War I and the West -- 35. Los Angeles Welcomes Lighter-Than-Air Machines -- 36. Aviators Push the Boundaries of Flight and Distance -- 37. Mexico Invited to Join the Central Powers -- 38. Preparing for War -- 39. Support for the War in Wyoming -- 40. Camp Life in Texas -- Chapter 9. Progressives, Progressivism, and the American West -- 41. A Californian Argues against Women's Suffrage -- 42. Suffragist Strategy in California -- 43. Legislative Reform in Oregon -- 44. New Voters and the Americanization Movement -- 45. Children in the Fields -- Chapter 10. The 1920s: Prohibition and the West -- 46. Montana Takes a Stand on Alcohol -- 47. Wet and Dry in the Far West -- 48. Prohibition in the Mountain West -- 49. A Physician Supports Prohibition -- Chapter 11. The Great Depression: The New Deal and the Western Landscape -- 50. What to Expect in the Civilian Conservation Corps -- 51. Destitution and Homelessness -- 52. A Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Writes to Eleanor Roosevelt -- 53. Workers on Boulder Dam -- 54. Death on Boulder Dam -- 55. Dedication on Boulder Dam -- Chapter 12. Domestic Turmoil and Intolerance in a Time of War -- 56. Internment in Washington -- 57. Internment Orders from the President -- 58. Pictures from Internment -- 59. The Director of Relocation Addresses Internment -- 60. Racial Profiling in Wartime -- 61. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in Southern California: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 -- Chapter 13. The Cold War and the Atomic West -- 62. Observer's Report of Atomic Test -- 63. Civil Defense in the Nuclear Age -- 64. Conditions in Bombed Areas -- 65. Pledging Patriotism, or Else -- Chapter 14. Generation and Other Gaps -- 66. Fighting for Equality and Voice -- 67. Student Mobilization for Free Speech -- 68. Support for California Farm Workers -- 69. The Rise of the Black Panthers -- 70. Citizens Organize after Watts -- 71. The Liberation of Alcatraz Island -- 72. Power to the People? A Separatist Effort in the Far West -- Chapter 15. The West's Vietnam -- 73. Mexican American Reactions to Vietnam -- 74. Students against the War -- 75. A Classic Antiwar Song -- 76. "OUT NOW" -- 77. The Counter-Counterculture -- 78. The President's Support for the War -- Chapter 16. Immigration Roils the West -- 79. Immigration Restriction in the Rockies -- 80. Restricting Undocumented Immigration -- 81. Support for Proposition 187 -- 82. The English-Only Bandwagon -- 83. Rallying for (and against) Immigrant Rights -- 84. Building a Wall -- Chapter 17. Environmental Challenges and Environmental Imperatives -- 85. Plans for Earth Day -- 86. Eco-Sabotage as Civil Disobedience -- 87. Climate Change, Drought, and the Fate of the West -- 88. The Velocity of Aridity -- 89. Fighting the Tyranny of Turf -- 90. National Monuments Come Under Renewed Scrutiny. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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West (U.S.) -- History.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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United States -- History.
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United States. |
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History. |
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Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History.
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Indians of North America. |
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Great Plains. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Hyde, Anne Farrar, 1960- author.
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| Added Title |
History of North America since 1850 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Deverell, William, 1962- Shaped by the West. Volume 2, History of North America since 1850. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520291416 |
| ISBN |
9780520965201 (electronic book) |
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0520965205 (electronic book) |
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9780520291416 |
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0520291417 |
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