CHAPTER ONE: Railroads West 1. Industrializing the Western Landscape 2. Rationalizing Western Space 3. Conquering Nature by Violence 4. Railroad Work and the Indispensability of Chinese Labor 5. Railroad Graft and Influence 6. Picturing the West and the Rails 7. Hardly Romantic: A Famed Travel Writer Goes CHAPTER TWO: Western Conquest: The War against Native America 8.
A Military Officer Justifies the Sand Creek Massacre 9. Instructions to Whites in Indian Country 10. A Military Officer''s View of the Black Hills 11. A Cheyenne View of Battle 12. A Nez Percé''s Call for Peace CHAPTER THREE: The Unwelcome 13. The Chinese Question in a California City 14. The Chinese Question in Cartoon 15. Sealing the Borders CHAPTER FOUR: The Rise of the Western Metropolis 16.
A Tourist''s View of the Utah Territory 17. A Day in Denver 18. An African American Community in the West 19 and 20. Demography in the West CHAPTER FIVE: Populism: The Politics of Protest 21. Women in the Populist Movement 22. Defending Populism 23. A Newspaperman Opposes Populism 24. Silver Populism and "The Cross of Gold" CHAPTER SIX: Labor Unrest in the West 25.
The "White Caps" of New Mexico Make Their Demands Known 26. Unrest in Idaho 27. The Miners Reply 28. A Muckraker Charts a Middle Course 29. Protesting Conditions in Colorado 30. Support for the Mine Owners CHAPTER SEVEN: Los Angeles Comes of Age 31. The (Presumed) Control of Nature: Los Angeles Plans to Concretize Its River 32. The Socialist Party in Los Angeles Supports the L.
A. Aqueduct 33. Water for the Thirsty Metropolis 34. The Ocean Beckons CHAPTER EIGHT: World War I and the West 35. Los Angeles Welcomes Lighter-Than-Air Machines 36. Aviators Push the Boundaries of Flight and Distance 37. Mexico Invited to Join the Central Powers 38. Preparing for War 39.
Support for the War in Wyoming 40. Camp Life in Texas CHAPTER NINE: Progressives, Progressivism, and the American West 41. A Californian Argues against Women''s Suffrage 42. Suffragist Strategy in California 43. Legislative Reform in Oregon 44. New Voters and the Americanization Movement 45. Children in the Fields CHAPTER TEN: The 1920s: Prohibition and the West 46. Montana Takes a Stand on Alcohol 47.
Wet and Dry in the Far West 48. Prohibition in the Mountain West 49. A Physician Supports Prohibition CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Great Depression: The New Deal and the Western Landscape 50. What to Expect in the Civilian Conservation Corps 51. Destitution and Homelessness 52. A Thirteen-Year-Old Boy Writes to Eleanor Roosevelt 53. Workers on Boulder Dam 54. Death on Boulder Dam 55.
Dedication on Boulder Dam CHAPTER TWELVE: Domestic Turmoil and Intolerance in a Time of War 56. Internment in Washington 57. Internment Orders from the President 58. Pictures from Internment 59. The Director of Relocation Addresses Internment 60. Racial Profiling in Wartime 61. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in Southern California: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Cold War and the Atomic West 62. Observer''s Report of Atomic Test 63.
Civil Defense in the Nuclear Age 64. Conditions in Bombed Areas 65. Pledging Patriotism, or Else CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Generation and Other Gaps 66. Fighting for Equality and Voice 67. Student Mobilization for Free Speech 68. Support for California Farm Workers 69. The Rise of the Black Panthers 70. Citizens Organize after Watts 71.
The Liberation of Alcatraz Island 72. Power to the People? A Separatist Effort in the Far West CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The West''s Vietnam 73. Mexican American Reactions to Vietnam 74. Students against the War 75. A Classic Antiwar Song 76. "OUT NOW" 77. The Counter-Counterculture 78. The President''s Support for the War CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Immigration Roils the West 79.
Immigration Restriction in the Rockies 80. Restricting Undocumented Immigration 81. Support for Proposition 187 82. The English-Only Bandwagon 83. Rallying for (and against) Immigrant Rights 84. Building a Wall CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Environmental Challenges and Environmental Imperatives 85. Plans for Earth Day 86. Eco-Sabotage as Civil Disobedience 87.
Climate Change, Drought, and the Fate of the West 88. The Velocity of Aridity 89. Fighting the Tyranny of Turf 90. National Monuments Come Under Renewed Scrutiny.