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Presidents Who Shaped the American West (Paperback)
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Generations of Americans have seen the West as beyond federal
control and direction. But the national government's presence in
the West dates to before Lewis and Clark, and since 1789 a number
of U.S. presidents have had a penetrating and long-lasting impact
on the region. In Presidents Who Shaped the American West, noted
historians Glenda Riley and Richard W. Etulain present startling
analyses of chief executives and their policies, illuminating the
long reach of presidential power. The authors begin each chapter by
sketching a particular president's biography and explaining the
political context in which he operated while in office. They then
consider overarching actions and policies that affected both the
nation and the region during the president's administration, such
as Thomas Jefferson's augmentation of the West via the Louisiana
Purchase, and Andrew Jackson's removal of American Indians from the
Southeast to ""Indian Country"" in the West. Abraham Lincoln's
promotion of the Homestead Act, a transcontinental railroad, and
western territories and states free of slavery marked further
extensions of presidential power in the region. Theodore
Roosevelt's conservation efforts and Jimmy Carter's expansion of
earlier policies reflected growing public concern with the West's
finite natural resources and fragile natural environment. Franklin
D. Roosevelt's New Deal, Dwight D. Eisenhower's highway program,
and Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society funneled federal funding into
the West. In return for this largesse, some argued, the West paid
the price of increased federal hegemony, and Ronald Reagan's
presidency arguably curbed that power. Riley and Etulain also
discuss the most recent presidential terms and the region's growing
political power in Congress and the federal bureaucracy. With an
accessible approach, Presidents Who Shaped the American West
establishes the crucial and formative nature of the relationship
between the White House and the West - and will encourage readers
to continue examining this relationship.
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