The Pacific Northwest
Subtitle: An Interpretive History (Revised and Enlarged Edition)
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 570
ISBN-13: 9780803292284
Subjects: American history; United States - State & Local - General; History - U.S.; USA; History / General; Northwest, Pacific; History
Description: Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945.

Recent environmental controversies, such as endangered salmon runs and the spotted owl dispute, have been addressed, as has the effect of the Cold War on the region's economy. The author has also expanded discussion of the roles of women and minorities and updated statistical information.