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Making the White Man's West : Whiteness and the Creation of the American West /

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"The West, especially the Intermountain states, ranks among the whitest places in America, but this fact obscures the more complicated history of racial diversity in the region. In Making the White Man's West, author Jason E. Pierce argues that since the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the...

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Autor principal: Pierce, Jason (Jason Eric)
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016.
Col·lecció:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Matèries:
West United States.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > Race relations > History.
White people > Race identity.
White people.
Racism.
Race relations.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Cultural pluralism.
British Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Cultural pluralism > West (U.S.) > History.
Racism > West (U.S.) > History.
British Americans > West (U.S.) > History.
White people > Race identity > West (U.S.) > History.
White people > West (U.S.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction: Whiteness and the Making of the American West
  • Part I. From Dumping Ground to Refuge : Imagining the White Man's West, 1803-1924
  • "For Its Incorporation into Our Union" : The Louisiana Territory and the Conundrum of Western Expansion
  • A Climate of Failure or One "Unrivaled, Perhaps, in the World?"
  • "The Ablest and Most Valuable Fly Rapidly Westward" : Climate, Racial Vigor and the Advancement of the West, 1860-1900
  • Indians not Immigrants : Charles Fletcher Lummis, Frank Bird Linderman and the Complexities of Race and Ethnicity in America
  • Part II. Creating and Defending the White Man's West
  • The Politics of Whiteness and Western Expansion
  • "Our Climate and Soil is Completely Adapted to their Customs" : Whiteness, Railroad Promotion and the Settlement of the Great Plains
  • Unwelcome Saints : Whiteness, Mormons, and the Limits of Success
  • Violence in Defense of the White Man's West
  • Conclusion: The Limits and Limitations of Whiteness.

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