Power and Promise, the Changing American West （1ST）

Anderson, Gary Clayton/ Chamberlain, Kathleen

Pearson College Div（2007/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 400 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780321080622
• DDC分類 978

Full Description

The Changing West blends social, political, intellectual and environmental history to offer an in-depth study of this often mythic region and its peoples, from pre-Columbian times to the 21st century. User-friendly, streamlined and attentive to the most recent scholarship, this comprehensive history of the American West is written specifically for an undergraduate audience.

Contents

IntroductionChapter 1: The First Westerners: The Native AmericansChapter 2: The European Invasion of the West 1519-1800Chapter 3: Americans and the Early Development of the WestChapter 4: The Western Pioneer and the Early American Occupation of the WestChapter 5: The War For the West: The Civil and Indian WarsChapter 6: The Post-War West: Railroads and OpportunityChapter 7: The Search for Law and Political Order in the West, 1850-1900Chapter 8: The Social and Multi-cultural Context of a Changing American West Chapter 9: The Western Progressives, 1890-1929 Chapter 10: The West of the 1930s: Depression and New Deal Chapter 11: A National Trend-Setter: The Modern West, 1940-1980 Chapter 12: An Ever-Changing American West: 1980 and into the Twenty-First Century