John M. Findlay presents a historical overview of the American West between 1940 and 2000, arguing that during the years of U.S. mobilization for World War II and the Cold War, the West remained a significant and distinctive region.
John M. Findlay presents a historical overview of the American West between 1940 and 2000, arguing that during the years of U.S. mobilization for World War II and the Cold War, the West remained a significant and distinctive region.
John M. Findlay is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of People of Chance: Gambling in American Society from Jamestown to Las Vegas and Magic Lands: Western Cityscapes and American Culture after 1940, and coauthor with Bruce W. Hevly of Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West.
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List of Illustrations Series Editor’s Introduction Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Mobilized Region: The American West during Wartime 2. Westerners: Regional Societies and Regional Identities 3. “A Little More Wide Open”: Social and Political Movements in the Western States 4. Seized by Initiative: Direct Democracy and Political Culture in the Far West 5. Armed Standoffs: The Politics of Federal Lands in the West 6. Region of the Imagination: The Mythic West and the Realistic West after 1940 Epilogue Appendix: Western States Census Summaries, 1940–2000 Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Series Editor’s Introduction Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Mobilized Region: The American West during Wartime 2. Westerners: Regional Societies and Regional Identities 3. “A Little More Wide Open”: Social and Political Movements in the Western States 4. Seized by Initiative: Direct Democracy and Political Culture in the Far West 5. Armed Standoffs: The Politics of Federal Lands in the West 6. Region of the Imagination: The Mythic West and the Realistic West after 1940 Epilogue Appendix: Western States Census Summaries, 1940–2000 Notes Bibliography Index
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