The American West : a new interpretive history / Robert V. Hine & John Mack Faragher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hine, Robert V., 1921-2015
Other Authors: Faragher, John Mack, 1945-
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2000], ©2000.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > History.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Physical Description:x, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Dreams and homelands
  • New world begins
  • Contest of cultures
  • Struggle of empires
  • Land and its markers
  • Fur trade
  • From Texas to Oregon
  • War and destiny
  • Mining frontiers
  • Power of the road
  • Open range
  • Safety valve
  • Search for community
  • Urban frontier
  • Plunder and preservation
  • Myth of the west
  • Frontier and west in our time.