The Twentieth Century American West

Author : Earl Spencer Pomeroy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300158526
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Far West in the Twentieth Century written by Earl Spencer Pomeroy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A leading western specialist argues that the history of the American West did not end in the year 1900 and was shaped as much by events and innovations in the twentieth century, in a study that describes a modern West." -- annotation from Book Index with Reviews.

Author : Brenden W. Rensink
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496230434
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The North American West in the Twenty-First Century written by Brenden W. Rensink and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume takes stories from the "modern West" of the late twentieth century and carefully pulls them toward the present--explicitly tracing continuity with and unexpected divergence from trajectories established in the 1980s and 1990s.

Author : Hal Rothman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Bargains written by Hal Rothman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West is popularly perceived as America's last outpost of unfettered opportunity, but twentieth-century corporate tourism has transformed it into America's "land of opportunism." From Sun Valley to Santa Fe, towns throughout the West have been turned over to outsiders—and not just to those who visit and move on, but to those who stay and control. Although tourism has been a blessing for many, bringing economic and cultural prosperity to communities without obvious means of support or allowing towns on the brink of extinction to renew themselves; the costs on more intangible levels may be said to outweigh the benefits and be a devil's bargain in the making. Hal Rothman examines the effect of twentieth-century tourism on the West and exposes that industry's darker side. He tells how tourism evolved from Grand Canyon rail trips to Sun Valley ski weekends and Disneyland vacations, and how the post-World War II boom in air travel and luxury hotels capitalized on a surge in discretionary income for many Americans, combined with newfound leisure time. From major destinations like Las Vegas to revitalized towns like Aspen and Moab, Rothman reveals how the introduction of tourism into a community may seem innocuous, but residents gradually realize, as they seek to preserve the authenticity of their communities, that decision-making power has subtly shifted from the community itself to the newly arrived corporate financiers. And because tourism often results in a redistribution of wealth and power to "outsiders," observes Rothman, it represents a new form of colonialism for the region. By depicting the nature of tourism in the American West through true stories of places and individuals that have felt its grasp, Rothman doesn't just document the effects of tourism but provides us with an enlightened explanation of the shape these changes take. Deftly balancing historical perspective with an eye for what's happening in the region right now, his book sets new standards for the study of tourism and is one that no citizen of the West whose life is touched by that industry can afford to ignore.

Author : Donald L. Parman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253208927
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indians and the American West in the Twentieth Century written by Donald L. Parman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the relationship between the US Government--and Indians of the US.

Author : Gene M. Gressley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Twentieth-century American West written by Gene M. Gressley and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David M. Wrobel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521192013
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's West written by David M. Wrobel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the regional history of the American West in relation to the rest of the United States, emphasizing cultural and political history.

Author : Richard W. Etulain
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816516834
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-imagining the Modern American West written by Richard W. Etulain and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes changes in how the West has been seen, from a male-dominated frontier, to a region with a powerful sense of place, to a modern center of both genders, ethnic groups, and environmental interests

Author : Herbert G. Ruffin
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806161248
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom's Racial Frontier written by Herbert G. Ruffin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1940 and 2010, the black population of the American West grew from 710,400 to 7 million. With that explosive growth has come a burgeoning interest in the history of the African American West—an interest reflected in the remarkable range and depth of the works collected in Freedom’s Racial Frontier. Editors Herbert G. Ruffin II and Dwayne A. Mack have gathered established and emerging scholars in the field to create an anthology that links past, current, and future generations of African American West scholarship. The volume’s sixteen chapters address the African American experience within the framework of the West as a multicultural frontier. The result is a fresh perspective on western-U.S. history, centered on the significance of African American life, culture, and social justice in almost every trans-Mississippi state. Examining and interpreting the twentieth century while mindful of events and developments since 2000, the contributors focus on community formation, cultural diversity, civil rights and black empowerment, and artistic creativity and identity. Reflecting the dynamic evolution of new approaches and new sites of knowledge in the field of western history, the authors consider its interconnections with fields such as cultural studies, literature, and sociology. Some essays deal with familiar places, while others look at understudied sites such as Albuquerque, Oahu, and Las Vegas, Nevada. By examining black suburbanization, the Information Age, and gentrification in the urban West, several authors conceive of a Third Great Migration of African Americans to and within the West. The West revealed in Freedom’s Racial Frontier is a place where black Americans have fought—and continue to fight—to make their idea of freedom live up to their expectations of equality; a place where freedom is still a frontier for most persons of African heritage.

Author : Elliott West
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826311559
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up with the Country written by Elliott West and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated study shows how frontier life shaped children's character.

Author : Michael P. Malone
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803281677
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American West written by Michael P. Malone and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of the American West in the twentieth century, tracing economical, political, social, and cultural developments in the region from the turn of the century to the 1980s