Colorado : a history of the Centennial State / Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, Thomas J. Noel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abbott, Carl, 1944-

Contributor:

Leonard, Stephen J., 1941-

Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colorado--History.

Colorado.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 575 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]

Summary:

Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In this fifth edition, coauthors Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel incorporate recent events, scholarship, and insights about the state in an accessible volume that general readers and students will enjoy. This new edition tells of conflicts, shifting alliances, and changing ways of life as Hispanic, European, African American, and Asian American settlers flooded into a region that was already home to Native Americans. Providing a balanced treatment of the entire state's history-from Grand Junction to Lamar and from Trinidad to Craig-the authors also reveal how Denver and its surrounding communities developed and gained influence. While continuing to show the significant impact of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism on Colorado, the fifth edition both broadens and focuses its coverage by consolidating material on Native Americans into one chapter and adding a new chapter on sports history. The authors also expand their discussion of the twentieth century with updated sections on the environment, economy, politics, and recent cultural conflicts. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Mountains and Plains 1

2 The First Coloradans 9

3 New Mexico's Northern Frontier 23

4 The Pikes Peak Gold Rush 43

5 The Era of the Booster 63

6 "Exterminate Them!": Natives 1850s-90s 81

Interlude: Coloradans in 1876 97

7 The Bonanza Years 103

8 The Businessman's State 123

9 A Generation of Industrial Warfare 143

10 Farming and Ranching in the American Desert 161

11 Women in Politics and Society 183

12 A Diverse People 197

13 Scenery, Health, and Tourism 223

14 Denver and the Reform Crusade 243

Interlude: Coloradans in 1917 261

15 The 1920s 267

16 The Great Depression 283

17 World War II 299

18 Postwar Boom 315

19 Postwar Politics and Other Diversions 329

20 Troubled Times 349

21 Environmental Challenges 369

22 Economic Peaks and Valleys 397

23 Sports 421

24 Cultural and Political Wars 443.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-550) and index.

ISBN:

9781607322269

1607322269

OCLC:

827120027