The American Far West in the twentieth century
By: Earl Pomeroy ; edited by Richard W. Etulain ; foreword by Howard R. Lamar.
Contributors: Etulain, Richard W.
Series: The Lamar series in Western history
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 570
ISBN-13: 9780300120738
Subjects: Pacific and Mountain States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The West in 1901; title: Agricultural frontiers : new farms and family farms; title: Agricultural frontiers : farming on new scales; title: New forms of economic growth; title: Economic growth from the 1940s; title: The urban occupation of the West : rails, roads, and cities; title: Rails, roads, and cities from the Second World War; title: Social relations and social attitudes : cultural bases; title: Social relations and social attitudes : putting down roots; title: Agencies of acculturation; title: Western politics; title: Expanding electorates; title: Frontiers of land and opportunity : the variously Far West.