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Making a modern U.S. West : the contested terrain of a region and its borders, 1898-1940 / Sarah Deutsch.

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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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