The American West: A Concise History - Softcover

Butler, Anne M.; Lansing, Michael J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631210865 ISBN 13: 9780631210863

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

Tracing events from the pre-history to the present day, this book offers a concise and accessible history of the American West.

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• 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.

About this title

Book Description:

Tracing events from the colonial period through present day, this book offers a concise and accessible history of the American West. Chronologically organized, using the latest scholarship and current sources, The American West clarifies the complicated history of the West, rejecting stereotypes and exploring the frontier complexities and cultural variations of the region. A place with great environmental and population diversity, the American west has long fueled social, economic, and political trajectories of the United States. This brief text helps uncover the importance of the West in America's past, present, and future.

From the Back Cover:

Exploring the complex interactions between and among cultures, this book offers a fresh reading of the history of the American West. Chronologically organized and informed by the latest scholarship, this work examines regional events within the ever shifting boundaries of the West, from pre-history to the present day. Grounded in attention to race, class, gender, and the environment, The American West: A Concise History focuses on significant social, economic, and political forces that shaped the lived experiences of diverse westerners and influenced the patterns of western history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0631210865
• ISBN 13: 9780631210863
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256