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The forgotten founders [electronic resource] : rethinking the history of the Old West / Stewart L. Udall ; foreword by David M. Emmons.

By: Udall, Stewart L.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Covelo, Calif. : Island Press ; Shearwater Books, c2002Description: xxviii, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): West (U.S.) -- History | West (U.S.) -- HistoriographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 978 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Native peoples : the first forgotten founders -- European settlers : human faces, far-flung places -- Explorers and fur trappers -- The religion factor in western settlement -- The manifest destiny morass -- California gold fever -- Bootstrap capitalism in the Old West -- The Wild West and the wrenching of the American chronicle -- The Wild West and the settlers : contrasting visions.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-224) and index.

Native peoples : the first forgotten founders -- European settlers : human faces, far-flung places -- Explorers and fur trappers -- The religion factor in western settlement -- The manifest destiny morass -- California gold fever -- Bootstrap capitalism in the Old West -- The Wild West and the wrenching of the American chronicle -- The Wild West and the settlers : contrasting visions.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.