Shaped by the West, Volume 1

A History of North America to 1877

William F. Deverell, Anne F. Hyde

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780520290044
• eBook ISBN: 9780520964372
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: American Civil War History
• Index: History

Shaped by the West is a two-volume primary source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America’s expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy, politics, race, freedom, and property. William Deverell and Anne F. Hyde provide a nuanced look at the past, balancing topics in society and politics and representing all kinds of westerners—black and white, native and immigrant, male and female, powerful and powerless—from more than twenty states across the West and the shifting frontier.  
 
The sources included reflect the important role of the West in national narratives of American history, beginning with the pre-Columbian era in Volume 1 and taking us to the twenty-first century in Volume 2. Together, these volumes cover first encounters, conquests and revolts, indigenous land removal, slavery and labor, race, ethnicity and gender, trade and diplomacy, industrialization, migration and immigration, and changing landscapes and environments. 

Key Features & Benefits:

• Expertly curated personal letters, government documents, editorials, photos, and never before published materials offer lively, vivid introductions to the tools of history.
• Annotations, captions, and brief essays provide accessible entry points to an extraordinarily wide range of themes—adding context and perspective from leaders in the field.
• Highlights connections between western and national histories to foster critical thinking about America’s diverse past and today’s challenging issues.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Shaped by the West
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. A Vast Native World
• 2. First Encounters: Expectation and Cultural Difference
• 3. Conquest and Revolt: Seventeenth-Century Wars on Two Frontiers
• 4. New Worlds for All: Conquest and Accommodation in the Eighteenth Century
• 5. From Middle Ground to Settler Frontier: Trade, Warfare, and Diplomacy
• 6. An Era of Revolution: Many Peoples Demanding Change
• 7. Creating the United States: Incorporating the First West
• 8. Taking Indian Land: Removal and War in the Age of Jackson
• 9. Early Republics: New Nations Test their Borders
• 10. Slavery, Bondage, and Labor in the West
• 11. The US-Mexico War
• 12. Westward Migration: Gold, Land, and Ambition
• 13. The 1850s: A Crisis of Authority
• 14. Civil Wars Spread Over the West
• 15. War and Reconstruction: Limiting the Empire for Liberty
• Index