In the years between 1940 and 2000, the American Far West went from
being a relative backwater of the United States to a considerably
more developed, modern, and prosperous region-one capable of
influencing not just the nation but the world. By the dawn of the
twenty-first century, the population of the West had multiplied
more than four times since 1940, and western states had
transitioned from rural to urban, becoming the most urbanized
section of the country. Massive investment, both private and
public, in the western economy had produced regional prosperity,
and the tourism industry had undergone massive expansion, altering
the ways Americans identified with the West. In The Mobilized
American West, 1940-2000, John M. Findlay presents a historical
overview of the American West in its decades of modern development.
During the years of U.S. mobilization for World War II and the Cold
War, the West remained a significant, distinct region even as its
development accelerated rapidly and, in many ways, it became better
integrated into the rest of the country. By examining events and
trends that occurred in the West, Findlay argues that a
distinctive, region-wide political culture developed in the western
states from a commitment to direct democracy, the role played by
the federal government in owning and managing such a large amount
of land, and the way different groups of westerners identified with
and defined the region. While illustrating western distinctiveness,
Findlay also aims to show how, in its sustaining mobilization for
war, the region became tethered to the entire nation more than ever
before, but on its own terms. Findlay presents an innovative
approach to viewing the American West as a region distinctive of
the United States, one that occasionally stood ahead of, at odds
with, and even in defiance of the nation.
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