A Companion to the American West
Deverell
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Description for A Companion to the American West
Paperback. * Contains 25 original essays by leading experts in the history of the American West * Covers the culture, politics, and environment of the American West through periods of migration, settlement, and modernization * Discusses Native Americans and their conflicts and integration with American settlers. Editor(s): Deverell, William. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 584 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 245 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1012.
A Companion to the American West is a rigorous, illuminating introduction to the history of the American West. Twenty-five essays by expert scholars synthesize the best and most provocative work in the field and provide a comprehensive overview of themes and historiography.
- Covers the culture, politics, and environment of the American West through periods of migration, settlement, and modernization
- Discusses Native Americans and their conflicts and integration with American settlers
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to American History
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405156530
SKU
V9781405156530
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99-50
About Deverell
William Deverell is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author of Railroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910 (1994) and Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past (2004). He co-authored Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew ... Read more
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