Shaped by the West, Volume 2

A History of North America from 1850

William F. Deverell, Anne F. Hyde

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9780520291416
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780520965201
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American 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. Railroads West
• 2. Western Conquest: The War against Native America
• 3. The Unwelcome
• 4. The Rise of the Western Metropolis
• 5. Populism: The Politics of Protest
• 6. Labor Unrest in the West
• 7. Los Angeles Comes of Age
• 8. World War I and the West
• 9. Progressives, Progressivism, and the American West
• 10. The 1920s: Prohibition and the West
• 11. The Great Depression: The New Deal and the Western Landscape
• 12. Domestic Turmoil and Intolerance in a Time of War
• 13. The Cold War and the Atomic West
• 14. Generation and Other Gaps
• 15. The West’s Vietnam
• 16. Immigration Roils the West
• 17. Environmental Challenges and Environmental Imperatives