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DEFINING DOCS IN AM HST: THE AM WEST 1836-1900

U.S. History

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19th Century U.S. History

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<P>Provides readers with a new, interesting way to study the impact of the American West on American history. Through in-depth analysis of important primary documents from 1836-1900, readers will gain new insight into the causes, issues and lasting effects of this pivotal time in American history.</P>

Defining Documents in American History: The American West (1836-1900)

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Publisher&#x0027;s Note.
Editor&#x0027;s Introduction.
Contributors.
Map.
Other Frontmatter.
Shifting Borders.
1: On Texas Independence.
2: A Foreigner in My Own Land.
3: Mexican Denunciations of the United States.
4: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
5: On Seizing Land from Native Californians.
6: Walt Whitman: The Spanish Element in Our Nationality.
Westward Movement.
7: The Fremont Expedition Across the Sierra Nevada Range.
8: Across the Plains in 1844.
9: Donner Party Diary.
10: The Discovery of Gold in California.
11: A Woman&#x0027;s Trip Across the Plains.
12: Observations Regarding the Transcontinental Railroad.
13: The Rush to Oklahoma.
14: Mormon Disavowal of Plural Marriage.
Indian Wars and Woes.
15: Accounts of the Sand Creek Massacre.
16: Status Report on the Condition of the Navajos.
17: Trouble on the Paiute Reservation.
18: Treaty of Fort Laramie.
19: Accounts of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
20: Speech by Chief Joseph on a Visit to Washington, DC.
21: President Chester Arthur: Indian Policy Reform.
22: The Surrender of Geronimo.
23: The Dawes Act.
24: Wovoka: The Messiah Letter.
25: The Ghost Dance Among the Lakota.
26: Eyewitness to the Massacre at Wounded Knee.
27: Lakota Accounts of the Massacre at Wounded Knee.
Asian American Affairs.
28: A Chinese American Protest.
29: People v. Hall.
30: Chinese Exclusion Act.
Cowboys and Outlaws.
31: On Being a Pony Express Rider.
32: Jesse James in His Own Defense.
33: On Billy the Kid.
34: Shootout at the O.K. Corral.
35: Theodore Roosevelt in Cowboy-Land.
36: A Scout with the Buffalo Soldiers.
Environmental Actions.
37: The Alaska Purchase.
38: From Canyons of the Colorado.
39: The Establishment of Yellowstone National Park.
40: The Extermination of the American Bison.
41: Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park.
42: Letters to John Muir.
Beyond The West.
43: Buffalo Bill&#x0027;s Wild West Show.
44: The Significance of the Frontier in American History.
45: The March of the Flag.
Appendixes.
Chronological List.
Web Resources.
Bibliography.
Index.

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