num_pages: 632
description: This grand survey of the history of the American West presents a panoramic view of events and characters from the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans through the 1990s. Illustrated with more than 150 contemporary drawings, posters, and photographs, the book presents in fascinating detail the frontier`s diverse peoples and cultures, landscapes, environmental history, literature, visual arts, and more.
language: English
title: The American West: A New Interpretive History
titlecomplete: The American West: A New Interpretive History (The Lamar Series in Western History)
genres: Historical, American, Westerns, Nonfiction, School, Read For School, American History, Research, Textbooks, History
ratings_count: 155
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Caughey Western History Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Award
category: Nonfiction Book
publisher: Yale University Press