Making the white man's West : whiteness and the creation of the American West / by Jason E. Pierce.
"The West, especially the Intermountain states, ranks among the whitest places in America, but this fact obscures the more complicated history of racial diversity in the region. In Making the White Man's West, author Jason E. Pierce argues that since the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the American...
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| Language: | English |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
2016.
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: Whiteness and the Making of the American West
- Part I. From Dumping Ground to Refuge : Imagining the White Man's West, 1803-1924
- "For Its Incorporation into Our Union" : The Louisiana Territory and the Conundrum of Western Expansion
- A Climate of Failure or One "Unrivaled, Perhaps, in the World?"
- "The Ablest and Most Valuable Fly Rapidly Westward" : Climate, Racial Vigor and the Advancement of the West, 1860-1900
- Indians not Immigrants : Charles Fletcher Lummis, Frank Bird Linderman and the Complexities of Race and Ethnicity in America
- Part II. Creating and Defending the White Man's West
- The Politics of Whiteness and Western Expansion
- "Our Climate and Soil is Completely Adapted to their Customs" : Whiteness, Railroad Promotion and the Settlement of the Great Plains
- Unwelcome Saints : Whiteness, Mormons, and the Limits of Success
- Violence in Defense of the White Man's West
- Conclusion: The Limits and Limitations of Whiteness.