The American Far West in the twentieth century / Earl Pomeroy ; edited by Richard W. Etulain ; foreword by Howard R. Lamar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pomeroy, Earl S. (Earl Spencer), 1915-2005.

Contributor:

Etulain, Richard W.

Series:

Lamar series in western history.

The Lamar series in Western history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific and Mountain States--History--20th century.

Pacific and Mountain States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (597 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this richly insightful survey that represents the culmination of decades of research, a leading western specialist argues that the unique history of the American West did not end in the year 1900, as is commonly assumed, but was shaped as much-if not more-by events and innovations in the twentieth century. Earl Pomeroy gathers copious information on economic, political, social, intellectual, and business issues, thoughtfully evaluates it, and draws a new and more nuanced portrait of the West than has ever been depicted before. Pomeroy mines extensive published and unpublished sources to show how the post-1900 West charted a path that was influenced by, but separate from, the rest of the country and the world. He deals not only with the West's transition from an agricultural to an urban region but also with the important contributions of minority racial and ethnic groups and women in that transformation. Pomeroy describes a modern West-increasingly urban, transnational, and multicultural-that has overcome much of the isolation that challenged it at an earlier time. His final book is nothing short of the definitive source on that West.

Contents:

The West in 1901

Agricultural frontiers : new farms and family farmers

Agricultural frontiers : farming on new scales

New forms of economic growth

Economic growth from the 1940s

The urban occupation of the West : rails, roads, and cities

Rails, roads, and cities from the Second World War

Social relations and social attitudes : cultural bases

Social relations and social attitudes : putting down roots : agencies of acculturation

Western politics

Expanding electorates

Frontiers of land and opportunity : the variously Far West.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-548) and index.

ISBN:

9786612351907

9781282351905

1282351907

9780300142679

0300142676

OCLC:

551733926