Hine, Robert V., 1921-

The American West : a new interpretive history / Robert V. Hine & John Mack Faragher. - New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2000. - x, 616 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Dreams and homelands -- A New world begins -- Contest of cultures -- The Struggle of empires -- The Land and its makers -- The Fur trade -- From Texas to Oregon -- War and destiny -- Mining frontiers -- The Power of the road -- Open range -- The Safety valve -- A Search for community -- The Urban frontier -- Plunder and preservation -- Myth of the West -- The Frontier and West in our time.

0300078331 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300078358 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)


West (U.S.)--History.

F591.H662

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