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"It's your misfortune and none of my own" : a new history of the American West / by Richard White.

Summary:

This book embodies the theme that, as succeeding groups have occupied the American West and shaped the land, they have done so without regard for present inhabitants.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0806125675
  • ISBN: 9780806125671
  • Physical Description: xix, 644 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
  • Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
  • Publisher: Norman ; University of Oklahoma Press, 1993, c1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. The Origins of the West -- 1. The Seeds of the West -- 2. Empires and Indians -- pt. 2. The Federal Government and the Nineteenth-Century West -- 3. The Conquest of the West -- 4. The Federal Government and the Indians -- 5. Exploring the Land -- 6. Distributing the Land -- 7. Territorial Government -- pt. 3. Transformation and Development -- 8. The Transformation of Western Society: Migration -- 9. Transforming the Land -- 10. The West and the World Economy -- 11. The Economic Structure of the West -- 12. New Communities and the Western Social Order -- 13. Social Conflict -- 14. Western Politics -- pt. 4. The Bureaucratic Revolution in the West -- 15. At the Centers of Power -- 16. On the Peripheries of Power -- pt. 5. Transforming the West -- 17. The Depression -- 18. World War II and Its Aftermath: Reshaping the West -- pt. 6. The Modern West -- 19. Rise of the Metropolitan West -- 20. The West and the Nation -- 21. The Imagined West.
Awards Note:
Western Heritage Award for Nonfiction, 1992
Subject:
West (U.S.) > History.
United States, West.
Genre:
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Other Formats and Editions

English (2)
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library F 591 .W45 1993 230375 Stacks Available -