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Utah in the twentieth century /
The twentieth could easily be Utah's most interesting, complex century, yet popular ideas of what is history seem mired in the nineteenth. One reason may be the lack of readily available writing on more recent Utah history. This collection of essays shifts historical focus forward to the twenti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Getting to know the place: image and experience. The disappearance of Everett Ruess and the discovery of Utah's Red Rock Country / Stephen C. Sturgeon ; "The famous Blue Valley" and a century of hopes / Kristen Rogers-Iversen ; Selling sleep: the rise and fall of Utah's historic motels / Susan Sessions Rugh ; Bernard DeVoto's Utah / David Rich Lewis
- II. Connecting to the nation: Utah and the U.S.A. "Proud to send those parachutes off": central Utah's Rosies during World War II / Amanda Midgley Borneman ; Educating the Mormon hierarchy: the grassroots opposition to the MX in Utah / Jacob W. Olmstead ; The WPA versus the Utah church / Joseph F. Darowski ; The battle over tariff reduction: the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, Senator Reed Smoot, and the 1913 Underwood Act / Matthew C. Godfrey
- III. Voicing government: politics and participation. Public opinion, culture, and religion in Utah / Wayne K. Hinton and Stephen Roberds ; Utah's denial of the vote to reservation Indians, 1956-57 / Brian Q. Cannon ; "We are not seeking trouble and so will just go along quietly just now": the IWW's 1913 free-speech fight in Salt Lake City / John S. McCormick and John R. Sillito ; What is the best way to govern a city? / Jessie L. Embry
- IV. Growing challenges: people and resources. Utah's public schools: problems, controversies, and achievements, 1945-2000 / James B. Allen ; From Cadillac to Chevy: environmental concerns, compromises, and the Central Utah Project Completion Act / Adam Eastman ; The volatile Sagebrush Rebellion / Jedediah S. Rogers ; Utah's recent growth: the St. George/Washington County example / Douglas D. Alder.