David M. Wrobel

America's West

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the regional history of the American West in relation to the rest of the United States, emphasizing cultural and political history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780521150132
• ISBN-10: 0521150132
• Artikelnr.: 48321331

Autorenporträt

David M. Wrobel is a Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Promised Lands (2002), The End of American Exceptionalism (1993), and Global West, American Frontier (2013), which won the Western Heritage Award for nonfiction. He is a past president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association and of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Frontier, region, nation, and crisis
2. The rise of a leader and a region
3. Democracy and intolerance
4. Regional growth and cultural conflict
5. From safety valve to safety net
6. Exposing the promised land
7. The landscape of war
8. The good war?
Coda: the West at mid-century
Bibliography.