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Beyond the Missouri : the story of the American West /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Etulain, Richard W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Western landscapes and first peoples
  • Spain in the Southwest
  • Imperial rivalries and colonial empires
  • Opening the Southwest
  • Mountain men, missionaries, and the trail to Oregon
  • Mormons, miners, and the search for western community
  • Ranching, farming, and transportation networks
  • Conflicts, compromises, and accommodations
  • Frontier social patterns
  • Culture in the frontier West
  • Social and economic patterns, 1900 to 1940
  • Politics and culture, 1900 to 1940
  • The West transformed : World War II to 1960
  • The Cold War West, 1960 to 1980
  • In search of region : the American West, 1980 to the present.