Transcontinental America, 1850-1915 A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History

Name: Transcontinental America, 1850-1915 A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History
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ISBN: 9780300082906

ISBN-10: 0300082908

ISBN-13: 9780300082906

Edition: 2000

Authors: D. W. Meinig

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In this 3rd volume on America's development, Meinig begins with the problem of building the Pacific railway. He examines the settlement of the American West, the imperial South, and considers America's imperial pressures upon Canada and Mexico.

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/10/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 458
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



Articulation: Binding the Coasts Together


Prologue



Forging the Iron Bond



Dominion: The Emergence of American Wests


Prologue



Delineating the New West



California



Southern California



Oregon and the Pacific Northwest



Zion, Deseret, and Utah



New Mexico: Hispano, Indian, Anglo



The Colorado Complex



The Rest of the West



Indians and Empire



American Wests--American Domain



Consolidation: Structuring an American Nation


Prologue



A Re-United States



New Economic Regions



Railroads: The Contest for Territory



Populations and Peoples



Systems and Symbols



Spheres: American Influence and Outreach


Prologue



Canada and Continentalism



Mexico and an American Mediterranean



Hawaii and an American Pacific



Panama and Transcontinental Completion


Sources of Quotations


Bibliography


Index