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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: American Wests
Chapter 1: The view from Cahokia
The local view
The continental view
The comparative view
Chapter 2: Empires and enclaves
First contacts
New England and New Mexico in the seventeenth century
Alternatives
Chapter 3: Making the first American West
Imperial rivalries
The American Revolution and its aftermath
The Jeffersonian persuasion
Chapter 4: Taking the farther West
Removals
From Mexican North to American Southwest
The gold rush
Chapter 5: The whitening of the West
The end of Indian independence
Reconstructing races and rights
The Wild West
Chapter 6: The watering of the West
A broken promised land
Reclamation and conservation
Watering in the early twentieth century
Chapter 7: The worldly West
Washington, the world, and the West between the wars
The West as arsenal
The world returns to the West
Chapter 8: The view from Hollywood
The view on screen
The close-up
The long view
References
Further Reading
Index
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