The Oxford history of the American West / edited by Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, Martha A. Sandweiss.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Milner, Clyde A., II, 1948-
O'Connor, Carol A., 1946-
Sandweiss, Martha A.
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > History.
United States > History.
Physical Description:xiii, 872 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Native peoples and native histories / Peter Iverson
  • The Spanish-Mexican rim / David J. Weber
  • Empires of trade, hinterlands of settlement / Jay Gitlin
  • American frontier / Elliott West
  • National initiatives / Clyde A. Milner II
  • Entering the global economy / Keith L. Bryant, Jr.
  • Animals and enterprise / Richard White
  • An agricultural empire / Allan G. Bogue
  • A saga of families / Kathleen Neils Conzen
  • Religion and spirituality / Ferenc M. Szasz, Margaret Connell Szasz
  • Violence / Richard Maxwell Brown
  • Wage earners and wealth makers / Carlos A. Schwantes
  • The federal presence / Carl Abbott
  • Politics and protests / Michael P. Malone, F. Ross Peterson
  • A region of cities / Carol A. O'Connor
  • Alaska and Hawaii / Victoria Wyatt
  • Landscapes of abundance and scarcity / William Cronon
  • Contemporary peoples/contested places / Sarah Deutsch, George J. Sanchez, Gary Y. Okihiro.
  • The visual west / Brian W. Dippie
  • The literary west / Thomas J. Lyon
  • Speaking for the past / Charles S. Peterson
  • Selling the popular myth / Anne M. Butler
  • Comparing wests and frontiers / Walter Nugent.