TY - BOOK AU - Hine,Robert V. AU - Faragher,John Mack TI - The American West: a new interpretive history SN - 0300078331 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - F591.H662 U1 - 978 21 PY - 2000/// CY - New Haven, Conn. PB - Yale University Press KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - West (U.S.) KW - History N1 - 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 ER -