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The forgotten founders : rethinking the history of the Old West /

Udall, Stewart L.

The forgotten founders : rethinking the history of the Old West / Stewart L. Udall ; foreword by David M. Emmons. - Washington, D.C. : Covelo, Calif. : Island Press ; Shearwater Books, c2002. - xxviii, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

American Window

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-224) and index.

Native peoples : the first forgotten founders -- European settlers : human faces, far-flung places -- Explorers and fur trappers -- The religion factor in western settlement -- The manifest destiny morass -- California gold fever -- Bootstrap capitalism in the Old West -- The Wild West and the wrenching of the American chronicle -- The Wild West and the settlers : contrasting visions.

1559638931 (acidfree paper)


West (U.S.)--Historiography.
West (U.S.)--History.

F591 / .U45 2002

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