One sky above us.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

Ives, Stephen.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Ken Burns's The West ; episode 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Water rights--West (U.S.)--History.

Water rights.

West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (64 min.).

Place of Publication:

[Alexandria, VA?] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

By 1887, the West was changing faster than ever before. Americans were moved by the same impulses that had always moved them, to better their own lives and transform the region in the process. Now their numbers soared, and they brought with them the tools of the new industrial age. Mining still lured people to the West from every corner of the globe, but it was a full-scale industry now. And the cities it created seemed little different from the grimy factory towns of the east. Homesteaders and fortune-seekers still arrived, even though much of the best land had already been claimed. And the frenzy over what was left touched off human stampedes, while whole towns opened for business overnight. But for the first inhabitants of the West, it seemed that a way of life that had lasted for generations was ending. As they saw their remaining land stripped away, some Indians sought refuge in a religion that promised it had all been a bad dream.

Participant:

Produced by Stephen Ives ; created by Kenneth L. Burns.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 26, 2010).

OCLC:

701796652

Publisher Number:

ASP1003003125/ahiv