Shaped by the West, Volume 1 : A History of North America to 1877 / William F. Deverell, Anne F. Hyde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deverell, William, 1962- Author.

Hyde, Anne Farrar, 1960- Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Shaped by the West is a two-volume primary source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America's expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. William Deverell and Anne F. Hyde provide a nuanced look at the past, balancing topics in society and politics and representing all kinds of westerners-black and white, native and immigrant, male and female, powerful and powerless-from more than twenty states across the West and the shifting frontier. The sources included reflect the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, beginning with the pre-Columbian era in Volume 1 and taking us to the twenty-first century in Volume 2. Together, these volumes cover first encounters, conquests and revolts, indigenous land removal, slavery and labor, race, ethnicity and gender, trade and diplomacy, industrialization, migration and immigration, and changing landscapes and environments. Key Features & Benefits:Expertly curated personal letters, government documents, editorials, photos, and never before published materials offer lively, vivid introductions to the tools of history.Annotations, captions, and brief essays provide accessible entry points to an extraordinarily wide range of themes-adding context and perspective from leaders in the field.Highlights connections between western and national histories to foster critical thinking about America's diverse past and today's challenging issues.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. A Vast Native World

2. First Encounters: Expectation and Cultural Difference

3. Conquest and Revolt: Seventeenth- Century Wars on Two Frontiers

4. New Worlds for All: Conquest and Accommodation in the Eighteenth Century

5. From Middle Ground to Settler Frontier: Trade, Warfare, and Diplomacy

6. An Era of Revolution: Many Peoples Demanding Change

7. Creating the United States: Incorporating the First West

8. Taking Indian Land: Removal and War in the Age of Jackson

9. Early Republics: New Nations Test their Borders

10. Slavery, Bondage, and Labor in the West

11. The US-Mexico War

12. Westward Migration: Gold, Land, and Ambition

13. The 1850s: A Crisis of Authority

14. Civil Wars Spread Over the West

15. War and Reconstruction: Limiting the Empire for Liberty

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780520964372

0520964373

OCLC:

1042073517