"Hispanics in the American West" portrays the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of Spanish-speaking peoples from the arrival of Spanish conquistadors to the present, highlighting such defining moments as the years of Mexican sovereignty, the Mexican-American War, the coming of the railroad, the great Mexican migration in the early 20th century, the Great Depression, World War II, the Chicano Movement that arose in the mid-1960s, and more.
Coverage includes Hispanics of all nationalities (not just Mexican, but Cuban, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan, among others) and ranges...
"Hispanics in the American West" portrays the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of Spanish-speaking peoples from the arrival of Spanish conquist...
"American Indians in the Early West" offers a concise guide to the development of American Indian communities, from the first migrations through the arrival of the Spanish, French, and Russians, to the appearance of Anglo-American traders in the easternmost portions of the West around 1800.
With coverage divided into periods and regions, "American Indians in the Early West" looks at how Indian communities evolved from hunter-gatherers to culturally recognized tribes, and examines the critical encounters of those tribes with non-Natives over the next two-and-a-half centuries. Readers...
"American Indians in the Early West" offers a concise guide to the development of American Indian communities, from the first migrations through th...
Twenty years after many Western historians first turned their attention toward women, "Women in the American West" synthesizes the development of women's history in the region, introduces readers to current thinking on the real experiences of Western women, and explores their influence on the course of expansion and development since the 19th century.
"Women in the American West" offers vivid portrayals of women as pioneers, prostitutes, teachers, disguised soldiers, nurses, entrepreneurs, immigrants, and ordinary citizens caught up in extraordinary times. Organized chronologically,...
Twenty years after many Western historians first turned their attention toward women, "Women in the American West" synthesizes the development of w...
From colonial times to the present, this volume captures the experiences of the westward migration of African Americans. Based on the latest research, it offers a fresh look at the many ways African Americans influenced and were influenced by the development of the U.S. frontier.
"African Americans in the West" covers the rise of the slave trade to its expansion into what was at the time the westernmost United States; from the post Civil War migrations, including the Exodusters who fled the South for Kansas in 1879 to the mid 20th century civil rights movement, which saw many critical...
From colonial times to the present, this volume captures the experiences of the westward migration of African Americans. Based on the latest resear...
