Conquests & consequences : the American West from frontier to region /
Higham, C. L.
Katerberg, William H.(William Henry),1966-
Wheeling, Ill. : Harlan Davidson ; Cody, Wyo. : Buffalo Bill Historical Center,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first West : Native peoples -- West is north : the Spanish empire -- West is south : the French empire -- The English empire : Turner's first West -- Growing pains -- Putting down roots -- This land is our land? -- Last frontiers -- The "progressive" era -- From boom to bust -- Depression to Cold War -- The metropolitan West to the 1980s -- From the eighties to the new millennium -- Into the future and back to the past.
Imperialism
Indians of North America
Acculturation
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier thesis.
Regionalism