The Contested Plains /

Deftly retracing a pivotal chapter in one of America's most dramatic stories, Elliott West chronicles the struggles, triumphs and defeats of both Indians and whites as they pursued their clashing dreams of greatness in the heart of the continent. "The Contested Plains" recounts the ri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: West, Elliott, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Goldrausch.
Human ecology.
Indians of North America > Great Plains > History.
Human ecology > Great Plains > History.
Gold Rush.
Indianen.
Soziale Situation
Plainsindianer
Goldrausch
Indians of North America.
Gold mines and mining.
Écologie humaine > Grandes Plaines.
Indiens d'Amerique > Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
Human ecology > Great Plains.
Plainsindianer.
Colorado > Gold discoveries.
Great Plains > History.
Staat Colorado
Great Plains.
Colorado.
Colorado > Decouvertes d'or.
Grandes Plaines > Histoire.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: A scrap and a panic
  • Part 1: Visions. The Old World ; Frontiers and visions ; The called out people
  • Part 2: Gold rush. The gold ; The gathering ; The rush
  • Part 3: Power. Path of empire ; On the road to a flourishing mountain state ; The people of the centre ; The miseries of failure
  • Epilogue: Stories in the teeth of life.

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