Founding the Far West
California, Oregon, and Nevada, 1840-1890
Founding the Far West is an ambitious and vividly written narrative of the early years of statehood and statesmanship in three pivotal western territories. Johnson offers a model example of a new approach to history that is transforming our ideas of how America moved west, one that breaks the mold of regional and frontier histories to show why Western history is also American history.Johnson explores the conquest, immigration, and settlement of the first three states of the western region. He also investigates the building of local political customs, habits, and institutions, as well as the socioeconomic development of the region. While momen…
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- ISBN: 978-0-520-07348-7
- EAN: 9780520073487
- Produktnummer: 1410866
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
- Seitenangabe: 474 S.
- Masse: 862 g
- Abbildungen: Cloth Over Boards
- Gewicht: 862
Über den Autor
David Alan Johnson is Professor of History at Portland State University.
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