| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxiii, 493 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-475) and index. |
| Contents |
Where the West is and why people have gone there -- From time immemorial to 1848 -- The United States captures its West, 1848-1889 -- Defying the depression, 1889-1901 -- The golden twilight of the settlement frontier, 1901-1913 -- Tourists, honyockers, Mexicans, and more, 1914-1929 -- Dust Bowl and depression, 1929-1941 -- The War, the Baby Boom, and slouching toward Watts, 1941-1965 -- "Where it all starts," 1965-1987 -- The leading edge, 1987-1998. |
| Subject |
Land settlement -- West (U.S.) -- History.
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West (U.S.) -- History.
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West (U.S.) -- Population.
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West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations.
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West (U.S.) -- Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0679454799 (alk. paper) |
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