Shaped by the West, Volume 2

William Deverell is Professor of History and Chair of the Department at USC and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He has published numerous books on the history of California and the American West, including Whitewashed Adobe, Blackwell Companion to Los Angeles, and The Blackwell Companion to California. Anne F. Hyde is Professor of History at Colorado College. She has published widely in the history of the American West. Her most recent book, Empires, Nations and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860 won the Bancroft Prize and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

• CHAPTER ONE: Railroads West1. Industrializing the Western Landscape2. Rationalizing Western Space3. Conquering Nature by Violence4. Railroad Work and the Indispensability of Chinese Labor5. Railroad Graft and Influence6. Picturing the West and the Rails7. Hardly Romantic: A Famed Travel Writer GoesCHAPTER TWO: Western Conquest: The War against Native America8. A Military Officer Justifies the Sand Creek Massacre9. Instructions to Whites in Indian Country10. A Military Officer’s View of the Black Hills11. A Cheyenne View of Battle12. A Nez Percé’s Call for PeaceCHAPTER THREE: The Unwelcome13. The Chinese Question in a California City14. The Chinese Question in Cartoon15. Sealing the BordersCHAPTER FOUR: The Rise of the Western Metropolis16. A Tourist’s View of the Utah Territory17. A Day in Denver18. An African American Communityin the West19 and 20. Demography in the WestCHAPTER FIVE: Populism: The Politics of Protest21. Women in the Populist Movement22. Defending Populism23. A Newspaperman Opposes Populism24. Silver Populism and “The Cross of Gold”CHAPTER SIX: Labor Unrest in the West25. The “White Caps” of New Mexico Make Their Demands Known26. Unrest in Idaho27. The Miners Reply28. A Muckraker Charts a Middle Course29. Protesting Conditions in Colorado30. Support for the Mine OwnersCHAPTER SEVEN: Los Angeles Comes of Age31. The (Presumed) Control of Nature: Los Angeles Plans to Concretize Its River32. The Socialist Party in Los Angeles Supports the L.A. Aqueduct33. Water for the Thirsty Metropolis34. The Ocean BeckonsCHAPTER EIGHT: World War I and the West35. Los Angeles Welcomes Lighter-Than-Air Machines36. Aviators Push the Boundaries of Flight and Distance37. Mexico Invited to Join the Central Powers38. Preparing for War39. Support for the War in Wyoming40. Camp Life in TexasCHAPTER NINE: Progressives, Progressivism, and the American West41. A Californian Argues against Women’s Suffrage42. Suffragist Strategy in California43. Legislative Reform in Oregon44. New Voters and the Americanization Movement45. Children in the FieldsCHAPTER TEN: The 1920s: Prohibition and the West46. Montana Takes a Stand on Alcohol47. Wet and Dry in the Far West48. Prohibition in the Mountain West49. A Physician Supports ProhibitionCHAPTER ELEVEN: The Great Depression: The New Deal and the Western Landscape50. What to Expect in the Civilian Conservation Corps51. Destitution and Homelessness52. A Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Writes to Eleanor Roosevelt53. Workers on Boulder Dam54. Death on Boulder Dam55. Dedication on Boulder DamCHAPTER TWELVE: Domestic Turmoil and Intolerance in a Time of War56. Internment in Washington57. Internment Orders from the President58. Pictures from Internment59. The Director of Relocation Addresses Internment60. Racial Profiling in Wartime61. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in Southern California: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Cold War and the Atomic West62. Observer’s Report of Atomic Test63. Civil Defense in the Nuclear Age64. Conditions in Bombed Areas65. Pledging Patriotism, or ElseCHAPTER FOURTEEN: Generation and Other Gaps66. Fighting for Equality and Voice67. Student Mobilization for Free Speech68. Support for California Farm Workers69. The Rise of the Black Panthers70. Citizens Organize after Watts71. The Liberation of Alcatraz Island72. Power to the People? A Separatist Effort in the Far WestCHAPTER FIFTEEN: The West’s Vietnam73. Mexican American Reactions to Vietnam74. Students against the War75. A Classic Antiwar Song76. “OUT NOW”77. The Counter-Counterculture78. The President’s Support for the WarCHAPTER SIXTEEN: Immigration Roils the West79. Immigration Restriction in the Rockies80. Restricting Undocumented Immigration81. Support for Proposition 18782. The English-Only Bandwagon83. Rallying for (and against) Immigrant Rights84. Building a WallCHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Environmental Challenges and Environmental Imperatives85. Plans for Earth Day86. Eco-Sabotage as Civil Disobedience87. Climate Change, Drought, and the Fate of the West88. The Velocity of Aridity89. Fighting the Tyranny of Turf90. National Monuments Come Under Renewed Scrutiny