A richly researched, evocative account of the individuals and
institutions involved in the settling of the non-Indian West-and of
the impact of the development of the West on the nation as a whole.
Making of the American West surveys the experiences of major social
groups in the lands from the Mississippi to the Pacific, from the
United States' penetration of the region in the early 19th century
to its incorporation into national political, economic, and
cultural fabric by the early 20th century. This revealing volume
offers fascinating portraits of the people and institutions that
drove the Western conquest (traders and trappers, ranchers and
settlers, corporations, the federal government), as well as of
those who resisted conquest or hoped for the emergence of a
different society (Indian peoples, Latinos, Asians, wage laborers).
Throughout, expert contributors continually return to the growing
myth of the West and the impact of its promise of freedom and
opportunity on those who sought to "Americanize" it. A series of
primary documents that give insight into direct experiences of
groups featured and debates about Western issues at the time A rich
variety of images and illustrations depicting the people and places
covered in the book and capturing the various myths of the West
circulated at the time
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