The American West

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An anthology of classic articles tells the history of the American West.

"Those who appreciate the impact of history will be impressed with the selection of articles." —Nebraska History

Designed for survey courses—yet in-depth enough to support intensive discussion—these seventeen classic essays traverse the history of the American West, from women's property rights in Spanish-Mexican California to the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, from homesteading and mining to the Great Depression and World War II. Provocative and illuminating.

Map
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments and Permissions
Timeline
General Introduction by Martin Ridge
Part I: Defining the West
Are We Talking about a Place? What Is It? Where Is It?
1. Walter Nugent, "Where is the American West?"
2. Martin Ridge, "The American West: From Frontier to Region"
3. Walter Nugent, "Frontiers and Empires in the Late Nineteenth Century"
Part II: The Eighteenth Century
California Women, 1769-1848
4. Gloria Ricci Lothrop, "Rancheras and the Land: Women and Property Rights in Hispanic California"
Part III: The Nineteenth Century
Exploration, the Fur Trade, and National Identity, 1807-1845
5. William H. Goetzmann, "Mountain Man as Jacksonian Man"
Indians, Animals, and the Great Plains, 1800-1850
6. Dan Flores, "Bison Ecology and Bison Diplomacy: The Southern Plains from 1800 to 1850"
The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
7. Gene M. Brack, "Mexican Opinion, American Racism, and the War of 1846"
The Latter-day Saints, 1830-1890
8. Martin Ridge, Mormon"'Deliverance' and the Closing of the Frontier"
Indians, the Army, and Settlers, 1864
9. Janet LeCompte, "Sand Creek"
Cowboys as Wage Workers, 1880s
10. David E. Lopez, "Cowboy Strikes and Unions"
Homesteading, 1880s-1930s
11. Paula M. Nelson, "'Everything I Want is Here!': The Dakota Farmer's Rural Ideal, 1884-1934"
Part IV: The Twentieth Century
Mexican, "Anglo", and European Miners and Capital, 1900-1915
12. Phil Mellinger,"'The Men Have Become Organizers': Labor Conflict and Unionization in the Mexican Mining Communities of Arizona, 1900-1915"
The Great Depression in the Northwest, 1929-1941
13. Leonard J. Arrington,""Idaho and the Great Depression"
World War II and the Metropolis, 1941-1945
14. Arthur C. Verge, "The Impact of the Second World War on Los Angeles"
Japanese-American Women and the Internment of 1942-1945
15. Valerie Matsumoto, "Japanese-American Women during World War II"
African-Americans in the West, 1541-1993
16. Quintard Taylor, "From Esteban to Rodney King: Five Centuries of African American History in the West"
The Pacific Northwest since 1945
17. Carl Abbott, "Regional City and Network City: Portland and Seattle in the Twentieth Century"

Sujets

• HISTORY
• Histoire
• General officer
• History of the Americas
• General
• United States

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 22 octobre 1999
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253028167
• Langue: English

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THE AMERICAN WEST
   THE AMERICAN WEST
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The Reader
WALTER NUGENT and MARTIN RIDGE, editors
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington and Indianapolis
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The American West : the reader / Walter Nugent, Martin Ridge, editors.
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    Includes index.     ISBN 0-253-33530-2 (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-253-21290-1 (pbk.:   alk. paper)     1. West (U.S.)—History. I. Nugent, Walter T. K. II. Ridge,   Martin.   F591.A425 1999   978—dc21 99-19404
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Timeline
General Introduction
PART I: DEFINING THE WEST
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A PLACE? WHAT IS IT? WHERE IS IT?
  1. Where Is the American West? Report on a Survey
Walter Nugent
  2. The American West: From Frontier to Region
Martin Ridge
  3. Frontiers and Empires in the Late Nineteenth Century
Walter Nugent
PART II: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
CALIFORNIA WOMEN, 1769–1848
  4. Rancheras and the Land: Women and Property Rights in Hispanic California
Gloria Ricci Lothrop
PART III: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
EXPLORATION, THE FUR TRADE, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY, 1807–1845
  5. Mountain Man as Jacksonian Man
William H. Goetzmann
INDIANS, ANIMALS, AND THE GREAT PLAINS, 1800–1850
  6. Bison Ecology and Bison Diplomacy: The Southern Plains from 1800 to 1850
Dan Flores
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, 1846–1848
  7. Mexican Opinion, American Racism, and the War of 1846
Gene M. Brack
THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 1830–1890
  8. Mormon “Deliverance” and the Closing of the Frontier
Martin Ridge
INDIANS, THE ARMY, AND SETTLERS, 1864
  9. Sand Creek
Janet LeCompte
COWBOYS AS WAGE WORKERS, 1880s
10. Cowboy Strikes and Unions
David E. Lopez
HOMESTEADING, 1880S–1930S
11. “Everything I Want Is Here!”: The Dakota Farmer’s Rural Ideal, 1884–1934
Paula M. Nelson
PART IV: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
MEXICAN, “ANGLO,’ AND EUROPEAN MINERS AND CAPITAL, 1900–1915
12. “The Men Have Become Organizers”: Labor Conflict and Unionization in the Mexican Mining Communities of Arizona, 1900–1915
Phil Mellinger
THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE NORTHWEST, 1929–1941
13. Idaho and the Great Depression
Leonard J. Arrington
WORLD WAR II AND THE METROPOLIS, 1941–1945
14. The Impact of the Second World War on Los Angeles
Arthur C. Verge
JAPANESE-AMERICAN WOMEN AND THE INTERNMENT OF 1942–1945
15. Japanese-American Women during World War II
Valerie Matsumoto
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE WEST, 1541–1993
16. From Esteban to Rodney King: Five Centuries of African American History in the West
Quintaid Taylor
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SINCE 1945
17. Regional City and Network City: Portland and Seattle in the Twentieth Century
Carl Abbott
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The editors wish to thank Patricia Parrish of the staff of the Henry E. Huntington Library; the staff of the Humanities and Social Science Division of the California Institute of Technology; and the Theodore M. Hesburgh Library of the University of Notre Dame, for much-appreciated assistance. We also thank the various journals and photographic collections whose essays and visiual materials are reprinted here for their permission to do so.
The essays have not been changed from their original appearance, except for a very few emendations, particularly as regards punctuation, to conform to the preferences of Indiana University Press.
The editors also gratefully thank their wives, Sally Ridge and Suellen Hoy, for unending moral support and encouragement.
Martin Ridge      Walter Nugent    November 1998
The editors gratefully acknowledge permission to reprint material previously published as follows:
Chapter 1 , Walter Nugent, ‘‘Where Is the American West?,” Montana: The Magazine of Western History , Vol. 42 (Summer 1992), pp. 2–23.
Chapter 2 , Martin Ridge, “The American West: From Frontier to Region,” New Mexico Historical Review , Vol. 64 (April 1989), pp. 125–141.
Chapter 3 , Walter Nugent, “Frontiers and Empires in the Late Nineteenth Century,” The Western Historical Quarterly , Vol. 20 (November 1989), pp. 393–408.
Chapter 4 , Gloria Ricci Lothrop, “Rancheras and the Land: Women and Property Rights in Hispanic California,” Southern California Quarterly , Vol. 76 (Spring 1994), pp. 59–84.
Chapter 5 , William H. Goetzmann, “Mountain Man as Jacksonian Man,” American Quarterly , Vol. XV (Fall 1963), pp. 402–415.
Chapter 6 , Dan Flores, “Bison Ecology and Bison Diplomacy: The Southern Plains from 1800 to 1850,” Journal of American History , Vol. 78 (September 1991), pp. 465–485.
Chapter 7 , Gene M. Brack, “Mexican Opinion, American Racism, and the War of 1846,” The Western Historical Quarterly , Vol. 1 (April 1970), pp. 161–174.
Chapter 8 , Martin Ridge, “Mormon ‘Deliverance’ and the Closing of the Frontier,” Journal of Mormon History , Vol. 18 (Spring 1992), pp. 137–152.
Chapter 9 , Janet LeCompte, “Sand Creek,” The Colorado Magazine , Vol. XLI, No. 4 (1964), pp. 315–334.
Chapter 10 , David E. Lopez, “Cowboy Strikes and Unions,” Labor History , Vol. 18 (Summer 1977), pp. 325–340.
Chapter 11 , Paula M. Nelson, “‘Everything I Want Is Here!’: The Dakota Farmer’s Rural Ideal, 1884–1934,” South Dakota History , Vol. 22 (Summer 1992), pp. 105–135.
Chapter 12 , Phil Mellinger, “‘The Men Have Become Organizers’: Labor Conflict and Unionization in the Mexican Mining Communities of Arizona, 1900–1915,” The Western Historical Quarterly , Vol. 23 (August 1992), pp. 323–347.
Chapter 13 , Leonard J. Arrington, “Idaho and the Great Depression,” Idaho Yesterdays (Summer 1969), pp. 2–8.
Chapter 14 , Arthur C. Verge, “The Impact of the Second World War on Los Angeles,” Pacific Historical Review , Vol. 63 (August 1994), pp. 289–314. Copyright © 1994 by the American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch.
Chapter 15 , Valerie Matsumoto, “Japanese-American Women during World War II,” Frontiers , Vol. VIII, No. 1 (1984), pp. 6–14.
Chapter 16 , Quintard Taylor, “From Esteban to Rodney King: Five Centuries of African American History in the West,” Montana: The Magazine of Western History , Vol. 46 (Winter 1996), pp. 2–17.
Chapter 17 , Carl Abbott, “Regional City and Network City: Portland and Seattle in the Twentieth Century,” The Western Historical Quarterly , Vol. 23 (August 1992), pp. 293–322.
TIMELINE
Date North America American West 1492 Columbus reaches West Indies 1519–1521 Cortés conquers the Aztec Empire in central Mexico 1598 Oñate leads 400 soldiers and settlers through El Paso del Norte into New Mexico 1607 Jamestown, Virginia founded 1609 Sante Fe created as capital of New Mexico 1630 Mass. Bay colony (Boston) 1680 Pueblo Revolt; Spanish return in 1692 1700 Kino founds San Xavier mission near future Tucson 1716 San Antonio (Texas) missions and presidio 1769 Serra and Portola found San Diego mission and presidio 1776 United States declares independence from Britain San Francisco mission founded 1781 Los Angeles founded 1783 Treaty of Paris recognizes U.S. 1785 Land Ordinance by Congress creates U.S. public domain 1804–1806 Lewis and Clark expedition 1807–1845 Era of the Mountain Men 1819 U.S. acquires Florida, fixes boundary to Pacific 1819–1836 Austin and followers settle on land grants in Texas; gain in numbers; win independence 1829–1837 P