Download or read book The Conquest of the West A Sourcebook on the American West written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Conquest of the American West written by John Selby and published by History Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly researched book is a mammoth tour of the United States, concentrating on the colorful and the dramatic.
Download or read book The Conquest of the American West written by John Millin Selby and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Legacy of Conquest The Unbroken Past of the American West written by Patricia Nelson Limerick and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here she interprets the stories and the characters in a new way: the trappers, traders, Indians, farmers, oilmen, cowboys, and sheriffs of the Old West "meant business" in more ways than one, and their descendents mean business today.
Download or read book The American West A New Interpretive History written by Robert V. Hine and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully revised and updated new edition of the classic history of western America The newly revised second edition of this concise, engaging, and unorthodox history of America’s West has been updated to incorporate new research, including recent scholarship on Native American lives and cultures. An ideal text for course work, it presents the West as both frontier and region, examining the clashing of different cultures and ethnic groups that occurred in the western territories from the first Columbian contacts between Native Americans and Europeans up to the end of the twentieth century.
Download or read book The Riches of the West written by Carter Smith and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses contemporary pictures and maps in presenting the story of the trappers, miners, ranchers, and farmers who turned a huge wilderness into the breadbasket of the world
Download or read book The American West written by Christine Hatt and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the settling of the American West, using excerpts from contemporary sources to highlight the original Native American inhabitants, the arrival of fur traders, the Gold Rush, Mormon migrations, the growth of cattle-ranching, and more.
Download or read book The Legendary Wild West written by Carter Smith and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and illustrates the American West from 1763 to 1912 through a variety of images created during that period.
Download or read book Colony and Empire written by William G. Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A forceful analysis of the role of capitalism in the history of the American West. This is an important contribution to the new western history that should be read by both historians and residents of the American West". -- Journal of American History. "This exciting book should take its place on the shelf next to Patricia Limerick's The Legacy of Conquest". -- Forest & Conservation History.
Download or read book Frontiers written by Robert V. Hine and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and revised for a popular audience, a fascinating new edition of the classic The American West: A New Interpretation examines the diverse peoples and cultures of the American West and the impact of their intermingling and clash, the influence of the frontier, and topics ranging from early exploration of the region to modern-day environmentalism.
Download or read book The American West written by Dee Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the railroads opened up the American West to settlers in the last half of the 19th Century, the Plains Indians made their final stand and cattle ranches spread from Texas to Montana. Eminent Western author Dee Brown here illuminates the struggle between these three groups as they fought for a place in this new landscape. The result is both a spirited national saga and an authoritative historical account of the drive for order in an uncharted wilderness, illustrated throughout with maps, photographs and ephemera from the period.
Download or read book Bridging the Continent written by Carter Smith and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and illustrates the opening up and settling of the Old West, its trails, canals, railroads, and other aspects, from the early migrations to the coming of the telephone, through a variety of images created during that period.
Download or read book The Conquest of the West written by Carter Smith and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses contemporary pictures and maps in presenting the story of the trappers, miners, ranchers, and farmers who turned a huge wilderness into the breadbasket of the world
Download or read book The American West written by Anne M. Butler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-08-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing events from the pre-history to the present day, this book offers a concise and accessible history of the American West. Explores the complex interactions between and among cultures in the American West Chronologically organized and informed by the latest scholarship Grounded in attention to race, class, gender, and the environment, the text focuses on social, economic, and political forces that shaped the lived experiences of diverse westerners and influenced the patterns of western history.
Download or read book America the Story of Us written by Kevin Baker and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has broken free from England and established itself as an independent nation. Newly minted citizens as well as European settlers, hungry for new opportunities, push west through the heartland, finding a geographic cornucopia seemingly rich with natural resources and abundant space. This enhanced e-book traces the momentous development of the American West as it intertwines with the complicated and tragic history of the Native American. Integrating compelling written narrative with short video clips from the acclaimed HISTORY® series, as well as exclusive production stills, full color maps and charts, and other historical images, this enhanced e-book brings the creation of the American West to life like never before. A vast continent lies to the west of the Appalachian Mountains, waiting to be explored and exploited. The American Pioneer is born. For those who set out to confront these land -- following trailblazers like Lewis and Clark, Daniel Boone, and mountain men like Jedediah Smith -- the conquest of the West is a story of courage and hardship that forges the character of America. Thomas Jefferson closes the deal of the century with the Louisiana Purchase and millions of Americans keep heading ever westward. Countless Native Americans are forced from their homes and massacred at Wounded Knee and along the Trail of Tears. Mexican general Santa Anna takes the Alamo, but loses a third of his Mexican territories in the war that followed a decade later. Despite the hardships of journey by wagon train, the allure of adventure, opportunity, and economic gain is too strong to stop the onslaught of pioneers. While some struggle to create new lives, others are rewarded with riches on a scale never before seen, as the world rushes in to mine California gold. This idea known as America now stretches from "sea to shining sea." Understanding the true origins of the American West is easy with this enhanced e-book from HISTORY®.
Download or read book Shaped by the West Volume 1 written by William F. Deverell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaped by the West is a two-volume primary source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America’s expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. William Deverell and Anne F. Hyde provide a nuanced look at the past, balancing topics in society and politics and representing all kinds of westerners—black and white, native and immigrant, male and female, powerful and powerless—from more than twenty states across the West and the shifting frontier. The sources included reflect the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, beginning with the pre-Columbian era in Volume 1 and taking us to the twenty-first century in Volume 2. Together, these volumes cover first encounters, conquests and revolts, indigenous land removal, slavery and labor, race, ethnicity and gender, trade and diplomacy, industrialization, migration and immigration, and changing landscapes and environments. Key Features & Benefits: Expertly curated personal letters, government documents, editorials, photos, and never before published materials offer lively, vivid introductions to the tools of history. Annotations, captions, and brief essays provide accessible entry points to an extraordinarily wide range of themes—adding context and perspective from leaders in the field. Highlights connections between western and national histories to foster critical thinking about America’s diverse past and today’s challenging issues.
Download or read book Conquests and Consequences written by Carol L. Higham and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquests and Consequences introduces students to the history of the American West by examining key questions about the identity of the region. Discusses how diverse societies and empires have shaped and reshaped the American West over the centuries Looks at the points at which the West has functioned as a colony, and its transition to functioning as a region Examines how the concept of frontier functions in the West Illustrated with numerous maps, images, and photographs, in partnership with the Buffalo Bill Historical Center
