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Binding - Hardback
Pages - 64
Size - 29cm x 22cm
Reading Age - 11+
Product weight 350g
History on Writing
This series takes a fresh look at history by using original documents as the
starting point for studying important events or periods in the past. The
document extracts are selected from a wide range of sources such as diaries,
journals, letter, legal documents, books, poems, speeches and Acts of
Parliament. Each extract is set in context and annotations explain difficult or
unfamiliar words and phrases. All the books in this series are fully illustrated
with maps, photograps and contemporary pictures.
The American West
The American West looks at the gradual arrival of explorers and settlers in
the land between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, an area of more
than 5 million square kilometres. It also examines the terrible lasting cost of
Western settlement to the Native American peoples. At the centre of the story
are the 19th century migrants bringing Europeand and African Americans,
Mexicans, Chinese and Irish into the West.
Thuis book details how people lived in family homes, catle ranches,
reservations, religions settlements and wild frontier owns. It considers too how
lifestyles changed as the 19th century drew to a close.
Through the diaries and letters of women on the overland trails and cowboys
on the range, newspaper articles and advertisements, speeches made by Native
American leaders, politicians and others are heard the authentic voices of the
American West.
Contents
Introduction
Looking at documents
Native Americans
The Arrival of the Soanish
European rivalry
Across the Appalachians
The Louisiana purchase
The fur trade
Indian removal
Westward expansion
Across the mississippi
Life on the overland trail
The Mormon trail
The rush for gold
Transport and communications
Farms and farmers
The cattle kingdom
On the ranch
Town life
Country life
Outlaws and violence
Law and order
The army
Across the continent
Native American wars
The decline of cowboys
The rise of industry
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
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