Into the West : the story of its people
Title:
Into the West : the story of its people
Author:
Nugent, Walter T. K.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1999.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 493 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Where the West is and why people have gone there -- From time immemorial to 1848 -- United States captures its West, 1848-1889 -- Defying the Depression, 1889-1901 -- Golden twilight of the settlement frontier, 1901-1913 -- Tourists, honyockers, Mexicans, and more, 1914-1929 -- Dust Bowl and Depression, 1929-1941 -- War, the Baby Boom, and slouching toward Watts, 1941-1965 -- "Where it all starts, " 1965-1987 -- Leading edge, 1987-1998.
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ISBN:
9780679454793
Format :
Book
