The American West The Reader |
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| Editor:
| Nugent, Walter
Ridge, Martin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-33530-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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"Those who appreciate the impact of history will be impressed with the selection of articles." -- Nebraska HistoryDesigned for survey courses -- yet in-depth enough to support intensive discussion -- these seventeen classic essays traverse the history of the American West, from women's property rights in Spanish-Mexican California to the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, from homesteading and mining to the Great Depression and World War II. Provocative and illuminating.
"Those who appreciate the impact of history will be impressed with the selection of articles." -- Nebraska HistoryDesigned for survey courses -- yet in-depth enough to support intensive discussion -- these seventeen classic essays traverse the history of the American West, from women's property rights in Spanish-Mexican California to the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, from homesteading and mining to the Great Depression and World War II. Provocative and illuminating.