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050	0	4	_aF591 _b.A447 2014
049			_aMAIN
245	1	0	_aAmerican West (1836-1900) /editor, Michael Shally-Jensen, PhD.
250			_a[First edition.
260			_aIpswich, Massachusetts : _bSalem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; _c(c)2014.
260			_aAmenia, NY : _bGrey House Publishing, _c(c)2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 322 pages) : _billustrations.
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aDefining documents in American history
500			_aEdition statement supplied by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aShifting borders. On Texas independence ; A foreigner in my own land ; Mexican denunciations of the United States ; The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ; On seizing land from native Californians ; Walt Whitman : The Spanish element in our nationality -- _tWestward movement. The Fremont Expedition across the Sierra Nevada range ; Across the Plains in 1844 ; Donner Party diary ; The discovery of gold in California ; A woman's trip across the Plains ; Observations regarding the transcontinental railroad ; The rush to Oklahoma ; Mormon disavowal of plural marriage -- _tIndian wars and woes. Accounts of the Sand Creek massacre ; Status report on the condition of the Navajos ; Trouble on the Paiute reservation ; Treaty of Fort Laramie ; Accounts of the battle of Little Bighorn ; Speech by Chief Joseph on a visit to Washington, DC ; President Chester Arthur : Indian policy reform ; The surrender of Geronimo ; Dawes Act ; Wovoka : The messiah letter ; The ghost dance among the Lakota ; Eyewitness to the massacre at Wounded Knee ; Lakota accounts of the massacre at Wounded Knee -- _tAsian American affairs. A Chinese American protest ; People volume Hall ; Chinese Exclusion Act -- _tCowboys and outlaws. On being a Pony Express rider ; Jesse James in his own defense ; On Billy the Kid ; Shootout at the O.K. corral ; Theodore Roosevelt in cowboy-land ; A scout with the Buffalo Soldiers -- _tEnvironmental actions. The Alaska purchase ; From Canyons of the Colorado ; The establishment of Yellowstone National Park ; The extermination of the American bison ; Features of the proposed Yosemite National Park ; Letters to John Muir -- _tBeyond the West. Buffalo Bill's Wild West show ; The significance of the frontier in American history ; The march of the flag -- _tAppendixes. Chronological list ; Web resources ; Bibliography ; Index.
520	0		_a"Defining Documents in American History: The American West offers a broad range of historical documents on important figures and topics in American West research. Written by historians and experts in the field, this resource examines a wide array of primary source documents with an in-depth critical analysis. Articles begin by introducing the reader to the document's historical context, followed by a description of the author's life and circumstances in which the document was written. A document analysis guides readers in understanding key elements of language, rhetoric, and social and political meaning that define the significance of the author and the document in American history. From speeches to journal entries, government documents and newspaper articles, students and researchers will gain new insights into America's westward expansion, through the thoughts and letters of the brave Americans who ventured out to seek their fortunes and reshape our nation."--Publisher description.
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650		0	_aIndians of North America _xHistory _y19th century _vSources.
650		0	_aChinese Americans _zWest (U.S.) _xHistory _y19th century _vSources.
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _zWest (U.S.) _y19th century _vSources.
650		0	_aNature conservation _zWest (U.S.) _xHistory _y19th century _vSources.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aShally-Jensen, Michael, _e5
856	4	0	_zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password. _uhttpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=968913&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell