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Introduction: Dreams and Homelands

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Dreams and Homelands 1
Chapter One: A New World Begins 12
Chapter Two: Contest of Cultures 39
Chapter Three: The Struggle of Empires 73
Chapter Four: The Land and Its Markers 106
Chapter Five: Finding Purchase 135
Chapter Six: War and Destiny 177
Chapter Seven: Machine 223
Chapter Eight: A Search for Community 270
Chapter Nine: The Urban Frontier 310
Chapter Ten: New Frontiers 339
Chapter Eleven: As the West Goes . . . 387
Chapter Twelve: “It Ain’t Where You’re From, It’s Where You’re At,” 428
Notes 457
Index 477

The American West

This chapter is in the book The American West

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300231786-003

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Dreams and Homelands 1
Chapter One: A New World Begins 12
Chapter Two: Contest of Cultures 39
Chapter Three: The Struggle of Empires 73
Chapter Four: The Land and Its Markers 106
Chapter Five: Finding Purchase 135
Chapter Six: War and Destiny 177
Chapter Seven: Machine 223
Chapter Eight: A Search for Community 270
Chapter Nine: The Urban Frontier 310
Chapter Ten: New Frontiers 339
Chapter Eleven: As the West Goes . . . 387
Chapter Twelve: “It Ain’t Where You’re From, It’s Where You’re At,” 428
Notes 457
Index 477

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