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Making a modern U.S. West : the contested terrain of a region and its borders, 1898-1940 / Sarah Deutsch.

Author: Deutsch, Sarah, author.

ImprintLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Descriptionx, 640 pages ; 24 cm.

Note:Man and nature -- The changing meaning of crossing lines -- Being American in Boley, Oklahoma -- Revolution and revolutionaries -- Women and their alliances -- Global conflict and local strife -- Oil -- Land -- Speculating on the West imagined -- Demobilizing -- Mobilizing the New Deal -- Moving people and animals to save the people and the land -- Conclusion: Making a modern West.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-617) and index.

Note:""Making a Modern U.S. West" provides an overview of the history of the U.S. West from 1898 to 1942 centering on what is often put at the margins in histories of the region- the flows of people, capital, and ideas across borders."-- Provided by publisher.



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Deutsch, Sarah, author.
Series Statement
History of the American West
Subject:
Economic development -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Borderlands -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Marginality, Social -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Migration, Internal -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945.
West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
West (U.S.) -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
History of the American West.