Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900

by Dean L. May

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This book explores the values and aspirations of early settlers in the American Far West. It compares those who settled in the Willamette Valley in the 1840s, the Utah Valley in the 1850s, and the Boise Valley in the 1860s. The Oregon and Utah settlers tried with differing degrees of success to resist the modernizing trends represented by Idaho, but ultimately adopted their individualistic, commercial, and acquisitive values. How did Americans move...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521434998

ISBN13:9780521434997

Release Date:August 1994

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:324 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

19th Century Historical Study & Educational Resources History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social History State & Local

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