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xv, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
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The modern American West |
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Modern American West.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The age of optimism -- The ethnic and racial divide -- The age of uncertainty -- The anxious years -- The age of certainty -- The perils of agriculture -- The inevitability of change -- The politics of race and agriculture -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
The Great Plains, known for grasslands that stretch to the horizon, is a difficult region to define. Some classify it as the region beginning in the east at the ninety-eighth or one-hundredth meridian. Others identify the eastern boundary with annual precipitation lines, soil composi-tion, or length of the grass. In The Big Empty, leading historian R. Douglas Hurt defines this region using the towns and cities-Denver, Lin-coln, and Fort Worth-that made a difference in the history of the environment, politics, and agriculture of the Great Plains. Using the voices of women homesteaders, agrarian socialists, Jewish farmers, Mexican meatpackers, New Dealers, and Native Americans, this book creates a sweeping survey of contested race relations, radical politics, and agricultural prosperity and decline during the twentieth century. This narrative shows that even though Great Plains history is fraught with personal and group tensions, violence, and distress, the twentieth century also brought about compelling social, economic, and political change. The only book of its kind, this account will be of interest to historians studying the region and to anyone inspired by the story of the men and women who found an opportunity for a better life in the Great Plains. |
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Great Plains -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Great Plains -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social change -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
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Ethnicity -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
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Cultural pluralism -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
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Agriculture -- Great Plains -- History -- 20th century.
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Great Plains -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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Great Plains -- Environmental conditions.
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Agriculture. (OCoLC)fst00801355
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Cultural pluralism. (OCoLC)fst01715991
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Ecology. (OCoLC)fst00901476
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Ethnicity. (OCoLC)fst00916034
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Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
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Social change. (OCoLC)fst01122310
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Social history. (OCoLC)fst01122498
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Great Plains. (OCoLC)fst01240567
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Great Plains in the twentieth century |
| ISBN |
9780816529728 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0816529728 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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978081652978 (hdbd.) |
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9780816529704 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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0816529701 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40019887029 |
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