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Making a modern U.S. West : the contested terrain of a region and its borders, 1898-1940 / Sarah Deutsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deutsch, Sarah, author.
- Series:
- History of the American West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Migration, Internal--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Migration, Internal.
- Marginality, Social--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Marginality, Social.
- Economic development--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Economic development.
- Borderlands--West (U.S.)--History--20th century.
- Borderlands.
- West (U.S.)--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (654 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- ""Making a Modern U.S. West" provides an overview of the history of the U.S. West from 1898 to 1942 centering on what is often put at the margins in histories of the region-the flows of people, capital, and ideas across borders"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Man and nature
- Borders inside and out
- the changing meaning of crossing lines
- Being American in Boley, Oklahoma
- Revolution and revolutionaries
- Women and their alliances
- Global conflict and local strife
- Oil
- Land
- Speculating on the West imagined
- Demobilizing, 1928-32
- Mobilizing the New Deal
- Moving people and animals to save the people and the land
- Conclusion: Making a modern West.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [571]-617) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496229557
- 149622955X
- 9781496229564
- 1496229568
- OCLC:
- 1281249744
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