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Making a Modern U.S. West : The Contested Terrain of a Region and Its Borders, 1898-1940
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Title
Making a Modern U.S. West : The Contested Terrain of a Region and Its Borders, 1898-1940 / Sarah Deutsch.
ISBN
9781496229564
9781496228611
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2022]
Physical Description
1 online resource (666 pages).
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Summary
This book surveys the history of the U.S. West from 1898 to 1940, centering what is often relegated to the margins in histories of the region - the flows of people, capital, and ideas across borders.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Series
History of the American West
Contents
Introduction : How to Make the West Modern
Demarcating, 1898-1910. Man and Nature ; The Changing Meaning of Crossing Lines ; Being American in Boley, Oklahoma
Agitating, 1910-21. Revolution and Revolutionaries ; Women and Their Alliances ; Global Conflict and Local Strife
Speculating, 1920-29. Oil ; Land ; Speculating on the West Imagined
Mobilizing, 1928-40. Demobilizing ; Mobilizing the New Deal ; Moving People and Animals to Save the People and the Land
Conclusion : Making a Modern West.
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History.
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