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Shaped by the West. Volume 2, A history of North America since 1850 /
"Shaped by the West is a primary-source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. The sources included in this volume reflect the important rol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Vol. 2. Chapter 1. Railroads West
- 1. Industrializing the Western Landscape
- 2. Rationalizing Western Space
- 3. Conquering Nature by Violence
- 4. Railroad Work and the Indispensability of Chinese Labor
- 5. Railroad Graft and Influence
- 6. Picturing the West and the Rails
- 7. Hardly Romantic: A Famed Travel Writer Goes West in the 1980s
- Chapter 2. Western Conquest: The War against Native America
- 8. A Military Officer Justifies the Sand Creek Massacre
- 9. Instructions to Whites in Indian Country
- 10. A Military Officer's View of the Black Hills
- 11. A Cheyenne View of Battle
- 12. A Nez Perce's Call for Peace Chapter 3. The Unwelcome
- 13. The Chinese Question in a California City
- 14. The Chinese Question in Cartoon
- 15. Sealing the Borders
- Chapter 4. The Rise of the Western Metropolis
- 16. A Tourist's View of the Utah Territory
- 17. A Day in Denver
- 18. An African American Community in the West
- 19 and 20. Demography in the West Chapter 5. Populism: The Politics of Protest
- 21. Women in the Populist Movement
- 22. Defending Populism
- 23. A Newspaperman Opposes Populism
- 24. Silver Populism and "The Cross of Gold"
- Chapter 6. Labor Unrest in the West
- 25. The "White Caps" of New Mexico Make Their Demands Known
- 26. Unrest in Idaho
- 27. The Miners Reply
- 28. A Muckraker Charts a Middle Course
- 29. Protesting Conditions in Colorado
- 30. Support for the Mine Owners
- Chapter 7. Los Angeles Comes of Age
- 31. The (Presumed) Control of Nature: Los Angeles Plans to Concretize Its River
- 32. The Socialist Party in Los Angeles Supports the L.A. Aqueduct
- 33. Water for the Thirsty Metropolis
- 34. The Ocean Beckons
- Chapter 8. World War I and the West
- 35. Los Angeles Welcomes Lighter-Than-Air Machines
- 36. Aviators Push the Boundaries of Flight and Distance
- 37. Mexico Invited to Join the Central Powers
- 38. Preparing for War
- 39. Support for the War in Wyoming
- 40. Camp Life in Texas
- Chapter 9. Progressives, Progressivism, and the American West
- 41. A Californian Argues against Women's Suffrage
- 42. Suffragist Strategy in California
- 43. Legislative Reform in Oregon
- 44. New Voters and the Americanization Movement
- 45. Children in the Fields
- Chapter 10. The 1920s: Prohibition and the West
- 46. Montana Takes a Stand on Alcohol
- 47. Wet and Dry in the Far West
- 48. Prohibition in the Mountain West
- 49. A Physician Supports Prohibition
- Chapter 11. The Great Depression: The New Deal and the Western Landscape
- 50. What to Expect in the Civilian Conservation Corps
- 51. Destitution and Homelessness
- 52. A Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Writes to Eleanor Roosevelt
- 53. Workers on Boulder Dam
- 54. Death on Boulder Dam
- 55. Dedication on Boulder Dam
- Chapter 12. Domestic Turmoil and Intolerance in a Time of War
- 56. Internment in Washington
- 57. Internment Orders from the President
- 58. Pictures from Internment
- 59. The Director of Relocation Addresses Internment
- 60. Racial Profiling in Wartime
- 61. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in Southern California: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943
- Chapter 13. The Cold War and the Atomic West
- 62. Observer's Report of Atomic Test
- 63. Civil Defense in the Nuclear Age
- 64. Conditions in Bombed Areas
- 65. Pledging Patriotism, or Else
- Chapter 14. Generation and Other Gaps
- 66. Fighting for Equality and Voice
- 67. Student Mobilization for Free Speech
- 68. Support for California Farm Workers
- 69. The Rise of the Black Panthers
- 70. Citizens Organize after Watts
- 71. The Liberation of Alcatraz Island
- 72. Power to the People? A Separatist Effort in the Far West
- Chapter 15. The West's Vietnam
- 73. Mexican American Reactions to Vietnam
- 74. Students against the War
- 75. A Classic Antiwar Song
- 76. "OUT NOW"
- 77. The Counter-Counterculture
- 78. The President's Support for the War
- Chapter 16. Immigration Roils the West
- 79. Immigration Restriction in the Rockies
- 80. Restricting Undocumented Immigration
- 81. Support for Proposition 187
- 82. The English-Only Bandwagon
- 83. Rallying for (and against) Immigrant Rights
- 84. Building a Wall
- Chapter 17. Environmental Challenges and Environmental Imperatives
- 85. Plans for Earth Day
- 86. Eco-Sabotage as Civil Disobedience
- 87. Climate Change, Drought, and the Fate of the West
- 88. The Velocity of Aridity
- 89. Fighting the Tyranny of Turf
- 90. National Monuments Come Under Renewed Scrutiny.