Frontiers A Short History of the American West

Name: Frontiers A Short History of the American West
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ISBN: 9780300136203

ISBN-10: 030013620X

ISBN-13: 9780300136203

Edition: 2008

Authors: John Mack Faragher, Robert V. Hine

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Published in 2000 to critical acclaim,The American West: A New Interpretive Historyquickly became the standard in college history courses. Now Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher offer a concise edition of their classic, freshly updated. Lauded for their lively and elegant writing, the authors provide a grand survey of the colorful history of the American West, from the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Frontiersintroduces the diverse peoples and cultures of the American West and explores how men and women of different ethnic groups were affected when they met, mingled, and often clashed. Hine and Faragher present the…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.70" wide x 1.00" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Dreams and Homelands



A New World Begins



Contest of Cultures



The Struggle of Empires



The Western Land and Its Markers



The Fur Trade



From Texas to Oregon



War and Destiny



Mining Frontiers



The Power of the Road



Open Range



The Safety Valve



A Search for Community



The Urban Frontier



Plunder and Preservation



The Myth of the Frontier



The Frontier and West in Our Time


Further Reading


Index