The mobilized American West, 1940-2000 / John M. Findlay.

"John M. Findlay presents a historical overview of the American West between 1940 and 2000, arguing that during the years of U.S. mobilization for World War II and the Cold War, the West remained a significant and distinctive region within the nation even as its development accelerated rapidly and,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Findlay, John M., 1955- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Series:History of the American West.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > History > 1890-1945.
West (U.S.) > History > 1945-
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
West United States.
Since 1890
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Government Document Book
Contents:
  • A mobilized region : The American West during wartime
  • Westerners: regional societies and regional identities
  • "A little more wide open" : social and political movements in the Western states
  • Seized by initiative : direct democracy and political culture in the far West
  • Armed standoffs : the politics of federal lands in the West
  • Region of the imagination : the mythic West and the realistic West after 1940.