The American West: The Reader
By Walter Nugent and Martin Ridge
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"Those who appreciate the impact of history will be impressed with the selection of articles." —Nebraska History
Designed for survey courses—yet in-depth enough to support intensive discussion—these seventeen classic essays traverse the history of the American West, from women's property rights in Spanish-Mexican California to the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, from homesteading and mining to the Great Depression and World War II. Provocative and illuminating.
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