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American west : competing visions /
Published 2009Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Introduction -- Part One Old West -- Chapter 1 Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West -- Chapter 2 Frontier Germ Theory -- Chapter 3 'The Gun that Won the West' -- Chapter 4 Cowboy Presidents and the Political Branding of the American West -- Part Two New West -- Chapter 5 Women in the West: The Trailblazer and the Homesteader -- Chapter 6 Women in the West: The 'Indian Princess' and the 'Lady Wildcat' -- Chapter 7 The Wild West Defiled: The American Indian, Genocide and the Sand Creek Massacre -- Chapter 8 The Thirsty West: Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas -- Part Three Recreating The West -- Chapter 9 The Western Renaissance: Brokeback Mountain and the Return of Jesse James -- Chapter 10 The Arcade Western -- Chapter 11 Turn here for 'The Sunny Side of the Atom': Tourism, the Bomb and Popular Culture in the Nuclear West -- Chapter 12 Re-creation and the Theme Park West -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Women in the American West /
Published 2008Table of Contents: “…Finding "her story" in the American West -- Visible in everything, but invisible to history : Native American women in the North American West -- Women of the Southern borderlands, 1600-1846 -- Gender and manifest destiny, 1830-1870 -- Polygamy, prostitution, and women in Mormon and mining settlements, 1840-1890 -- The "new woman," mobility, and western space, 1877-1920 -- War, depression, and the creation of the West, 1914-1940 -- The gendered wartime and postwar West, 1941-1980 -- Late trends and new directions.…”
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The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery /
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The American West in 2000 : Essays in Honor of Gerald D. Nash
1st ed.Published 2003Table of Contents: “…Nash and the twentieth-century American West / Richard W. Etulain.…”
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Horses in the American West : portrayals by twenty-four artists /
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Land in the American West : private claims and the common good /
Published 2000Table of Contents: “…Contested terrain : the business of land in the American West /…”
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Slavery and the American West : the eclipse of manifest destiny and the coming of the Civil War /
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How to read the American West : a field guide /
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Flame and Fortune in the American West : Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hills Fire.
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Cover; Flame and Fortune in the American West; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; PART I FLAME AND FORTUNE IN THE AMERICAN WEST: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INCENDIARY ; 1. …”
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Women and gender in the American West /
Published 2004Table of Contents: “…Miller -- The gentle tamers revisited : new approaches to the history of women in the American west / Joan M. Jensen and Darlis A. Miller -- At their peril : Utah law and the case of plural wives, 1850-1900 / Carol Cornwall Madsen -- Race, gender, and intercultural relations : the case of interracial marriage / Peggy Pascoe -- Women of color and the rewriting of western history : the discourse, politics, and decolonization of history / Antonia I. …”
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New Geographies of the American West : Land Use and the Changing Patterns of Place.
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…Color Plates -- Ch. 7: The Gentrified Range: New Owners of the Purple Sage -- Part III: Shaping the Future Geographies of the American West -- Ch. 8: Understanding the Challenge of Land Use Planning -- Ch. 9: Planning a New West: Strategies for Creating More Desirable Land Use Patterns -- Endnotes -- Index…”
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Fire management in the American West : forest politics and the rise of megafires /
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Cities and nature in the American West /
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Encyclopedia of women in the American West /
Published 2003“…Women in the American West…”
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A companion to the American West /
Published 2004Table of Contents: “…The making of the first American West and the unmaking of other realms /…”
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How to read the American West : a field guide /
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Fire management in the American West : forest politics and the rise of megafires /
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Playing house in the American West : western women's life narratives, 1839-1987 /
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Ghost towns of the American West /
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The brothers Robidoux and the opening of the American West /
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Transnational Indians in the North American West.
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Transnational Indians of the North American West / Andrae Marak and Gary Van Valen -- The Indigenous Southwest as Mesoamerica's northern frontier: Mexico, harmony, and the Quincunx / W. …”
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Early rock art of the American west : the geometric enigma /
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A French aristocrat in the American West : the shattered dreams of De Lassus de Luzières /
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Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West.
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Staging migrations toward an American West : from Ida B. Wells to Rhodessa Jones /
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Captivating Westerns : the Middle East in the American West.
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Women writers of the American West, 1833-1927 /
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Oral history, community, and work in the American West /
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The North American West in the twenty-first century /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Widener -- "A violation of the most elementary human rights of children" : the rise of migrant youth detention and family separation in the American West / by Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez -- Toxins in the field : the CRLA, farmworker families, and environmental justice in contemporary California / by Taylor Cozzens -- NAFTA's legacy in the high country : Mexican migration to Colorado's Western Slope / by Ernesto Sagás -- "I oppose the ERA, but I do approve of equal rights for women" : gender and politics in the aftermath of the Equal Rights Amendment campaign in the Western United States / by Chelsea Ball -- LGBTQ civil rights in Washington state since 1977 : an unresolved history / by Peter Boag -- The American West, Native Americans, and controversies over the Antiquities Act : Bears Ears National Monument, a Utah case study / by Andrew Gulliford -- Afterword / by Frank Bergon.…”
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Slavery, Freedom, and Expansion in the Early American West
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Ute Land Religion in the American West, 1879-2009.
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Religion, Memory, and the American West; 1. Plowing for Providence: Nathan Meeker's Folly; 2. …”
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Inspiration and Innovation Religion in the American West.
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 1 Indigenous Religions in the West -- Arctic -- Sub-Arctic -- Northwest Coast -- Plains -- Plateau -- Great Basin -- California -- Southwest -- Common Themes -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 2 Missions to New Worlds -- Spain -- France -- Russia -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 3 Migrations, Manifest Destiny, and Mormons, 1803-1860 -- Transplanting Religions in the US Imperial Period…”
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Frontier : American literature and the American West /
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