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This document provides an overview of the history of the American West from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. It examines the frontier period, western expansion and regional growth, as well as cultural conflicts and social issues like racism and economic struggles during periods like the Great Depression. Major events covered include the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and the American West's role during World Wars I and II.

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This document provides an overview of the history of the American West from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. It examines the frontier period, western expansion and regional growth, as well as cultural conflicts and social issues like racism and economic struggles during periods like the Great Depression. Major events covered include the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and the American West's role during World Wars I and II.

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List of Figures page ix


List of Maps xi
Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: The West and America 1


1 Frontier, Region, Nation, and Crisis 8
At the Wake of the Frontier 8
Expansion and Exceptionalism 22
Visions of Regional Diversity and Homogeneity 25
2 The Rise of a Leader and a Region 29
A Western President 29
The New West 37
The Western Environment 46
3 Progressive Reform, Progressive Intolerance 55
Progressive Motivations and Variations 55
The Democratic West 59
Western Social Justice 67
Western Injustice 72
World War I and the American West 82
Coda: TR Returns 85
4 Regional Growth and Cultural Conflict 89
Retraction and Growth 89
Cultural Fault Lines 99
The Antiradical Crusade 102
Race Riots and Racial Policies 106
The Second Klan in the West 114

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5 From Safety Valve to Safety Net 129


In the Frontier’s Shadow 129
Building Western Regions 135
Restoring and Developing Western Lands 143
Reaction, Reform, and Overreach 151
6 Exposing the Promised Land 163
Racial Fault Lines in the Depression West 163
Depicting the Migrants’ Plight 175
Depression and Demography 185
7 The Landscape of War 191
The Arsenal of Democracy 191
The Demography and Economy of War 196
Wartime and Postwar Party Politics 208
8 The Good War? 214
War and Social Dislocation 214
Race Relations on the Western Home Front 217
The Cold War, the West, and the Rebirth of American
Exceptionalism 236
Coda: The West at Mid-Century 240

Bibliography 247
Index 269

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