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Author : Darren Sechrist
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778741886
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (418 download)
Download or read book Taming the West written by Darren Sechrist and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to westward expansion in the United States in graphic form.
Author : Christian Tyler
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813535333
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Wild West China written by Christian Tyler and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Closed to the world for half a century, like a black hole in the Asian landmass, the wilderness of Xinjiang in northwest China is returning to the light. The picture it presents is both fascinating and disturbing. Despite a savage landscape and climate, Xinjiang has a rich past: sand-buried cities, painted cave shrines, rare creatures, and wonderfully preserved mummies of European appearance. Their descendants, the Uighurs, still farm the tranquil oases that ring the dreaded Taklamakan, the world's second largest sand desert, and the Kazakh and Kirghiz herdsmen still roam the mountains. The region's history, however, has been punctuated by violence, usually provoked by ambitious outsiders--nomad chieftains from the north, Muslim emirs from Central Asia, Russian generals, or warlords from inner China. The Chinese regard the far west as a barbarian land. Only in the 1760s did they subdue it, and even then their rule was repeatedly broken. Compared with the Russians' conquest of Siberia, or the Americans' trek west, China's colonization of Xinjiang has been late and difficult. The Communists have done most to develop it, as a penal colony, as a buffer against invasion, and as a supplier of raw materials and living space for an overpopulated country. But what China sees as its property, the Uighurs regard as theft by an alien occupier. Tension has led to violence and savage reprisals. This portrait of Xinjiang should be essential reading for travelers and for anyone interested in today's China and the fate of minority peoples.
Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : Atheneum Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Into the West written by James M. McPherson and published by Atheneum Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read about the Old West and its people.
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Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 0789260662
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book The Wild West: 1804-1890 written by and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interact with the story of America’s frontier through the detailed paintings of America’s foremost historical artist, Mort Künstler Künstler’s paintings bring history to life with striking portrayals of the events of America’s Wild West, starting in 1804, when Lewis and Clark made their first expeditions, to 1890, when the American frontier was declared “vanished.” The epic artworks faithfully capture the incredible landscapes, explorations, and battles of this important period, and ask children to look again and again for special details, such as the feathers in an American Indian chief’s headdress to the type of horse a cattleman rides. Together with text by award-winning historian James I. Robertson, Jr., these brilliantly explicit paintings engage a young reader’s attention and introduce him or her to American history through the visual arts. Lauded by both historians and curators, Künstler presents beautifully rendered works chronicling America’s expansion to the West in a historically accurate and appealing way—transporting the reader right into each scene.
Author : John F. Burns
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520936485
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Taming the Elephant written by John F. Burns and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taming the Elephant is the last of four volumes in the distinguished California History Sesquicentennial Series, an outstanding compilation of original essays by leading historians and writers. These topical, interrelated volumes reexamine the meaning of the founding of modern California during the state's pioneer period. General themes run through all four volumes: the interplay of traditional cultures and frontier innovation in the creation of a distinctive California society; the dynamic interaction of people and nature and the beginnings of massive environmental change; the impact of the California experience on the nation and the world; the influence of pioneer patterns on modern California; and the legacy of ethnic and cultural diversity as a major influence on the state's history. This fourth volume treats the role of post–Gold Rush California government, politics, and law in the building of a dynamic state, with influences that persist today. Provocative essays investigate the creation of constitutional foundations, law and jurisprudence, the formation of government agencies, and the development of public policy. Authors chart the roles played by diverse groups—criminals and peace officers, entrepreneurs and miners, farmers and public officials, defenders of discrimination and female and African American activists. The essays also explore subjects largely overlooked in the past, such as the significance of local and federal government in pioneer California and early struggles to secure civil rights for women and racial minorities.
Author : Francis Lynde
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Taming of Red Butte Western written by Francis Lynde and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Taming of Red Butte Western" by Francis Lynde is a story about courage and love and how uneasily civilization rested upon places where neither the people nor the land wanted very much to change. Taking place in the American west and using the United States railway system as its centerpiece, this book shows the persistent strife of people versus the elements, and how, no matter how much you try, you can't fully dominate the elements.
Author : Zeke Castro
Publisher : E-Booktime, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781608628483
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Taming the Wild West written by Zeke Castro and published by E-Booktime, LLC. This book was released on 2022-12-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taming the Wild West is a collection of historical events that happened during the settlement of the west. Things were happening fast and furious at that time, with the United States expanding into the territory too fast to tame. During the Civil War, in New Mexico volunteers helped stop the Confederacy in the 1860's from expanding in the west with their defeat at Rowe Mesa in northern New Mexico. In the 1870's a lady named Catherine McCarty and her two sons came to New Mexico. The sons' names were Joseph or Joe McCarty and William E. McCarty, aka Billy the Kid. I was able to track them down, and their birthplaces, through U.S. Census records. Billy became involved in the Lincoln County war when the cattle business was king. Billy became an infamous outlaw after he killed two deputies and escaped while waiting to be hanged. Wyatt Earp and the OK Corral became legends in a few seconds of gunfire in a shoot-out there. This book includes a diagram showing the encounter. Victorio and Geronimo wreaked havoc on both sides of the U.S. and Mexico border until a lead bullet ended Victorio's life and the sub-chief Geronimo surrendered at Skeleton Canyon. Pancho Villa and General John Pershing were a lot more friends than enemies, especially around WWI.
Author : Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446459764
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)
Download or read book Taming The Tiger written by Akong Tulku Rinpoche and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TAMING THE TIGER offers a simple approach to finding happiness for oneself that also brings happiness to others. Based on twenty years of Buddhist teaching in the West, Taming the Tiger aims to help anyone seeking the truth about suffering and happiness. The first part of the book deals with topics such as Impermanence, The Right Motivation, Facing the Situation, Body, Speech and Mind, Compassion, and Mindfulness. The second part is devoted to exercises, meditations and relaxation techniques for body and mind, including Feeling, Openness, Taking Suffering, Bringing the Buddha to Life and Universal Compassion. The exercises, designed to provide a base of self-knowledge, mind-therapy and self-healing have also been found beneficial in therapy workshops and in the treatment of psychological problems. This practical programme has been tested and refined first at therapy workshops of Samye Ling in Scotland - the oldest Tibetan Buddhist centre in the West - and has since confirmed its success in cities throughout Europe, North America and Africa, bringing definitive solutions to long-term problems weighing heavily on the mind.
Author : Gordon Morris Bakken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136931597
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)
Download or read book The World of the American West written by Gordon Morris Bakken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of the American West is an innovative collection of original essays that brings the world of the American West to life, and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing region. Twenty scholars incorporate the freshest research in the field to take the history of the American West out of its timeworn "Cowboys and Indians" stereotype right up into the major issues being discussed today, from water rights to the presence of the defense industry. Other topics covered in this heavily illustrated, highly accessible volume include the effects of leisure and tourism, western women, politics and politicians, Native Americans in the twentieth century, and of course, oil. With insight both informative and unexpected, The World of the American West offers perspectives on the latest developments affecting the modern American West, providing essential reading for all scholars and students of the field so that they may better understand the vibrant history of this globally significant, ever-evolving region of North America.
Author : Nancy Reagin
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609387902
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Re-living the American Frontier written by Nancy Reagin and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2021-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who owns the West? -- Buffalo Bill and Karl May : the origins of German Western fandom -- A wall runs through it : western fans in the two Germanies -- Little houses on the prairie -- "And then the American Indians came over" : fan responses to indigenous resurgence and political change -- Indians into Confederates : historical fiction fans, reenactors, and living history.
Author : Alice Jack Dolan Shipman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Taming the Big Bend written by Alice Jack Dolan Shipman and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dee Brown
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453274197
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book The Gentle Tamers written by Dee Brown and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of women on America’s western frontier by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Popular culture has taught us to picture the Old West as a land of men, whether it’s the lone hero on horseback or crowds of card players in a rough-and-tumble saloon. But the taming of the frontier involved plenty of women, too—and this book tells their stories. At first, female pioneers were indeed rare—when the town of Denver was founded in 1859, there were only five women among a population of almost a thousand. But the adventurers arrived, slowly but surely. There was Frances Grummond, a sheltered Southern girl who married a Yankee and traveled with him out west, only to lose him in a massacre. Esther Morris, a dignified middle-aged lady, held a tea party in South Pass City, Wyoming, that would play a role in the long, slow battle for women’s suffrage. Josephine Meeker, an Oberlin College graduate, was determined to educate the Colorado Indians—but was captured by the Ute. And young Virginia Reed, only thirteen, set out for California as part of a group that would become known as the Donner Party. With tales of notables such as Elizabeth Custer, Carry Nation, and Lola Montez, this social history touches upon many familiar topics—from the early Mormons to the gold rush to the dawn of the railroads—with a new perspective. This enlightening and entertaining book goes beyond characters like Calamity Jane to reveal the true diversity of the great western migration of the nineteenth century. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
Author : Joseph G. Rosa
Publisher : Smithmark Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780861016457
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The Taming of the West written by Joseph G. Rosa and published by Smithmark Pub. This book was released on 1993-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs chronicle the rise of the gunfighter in the history of the American West.
Author : Jonathan Evison
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565129520
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (651 download)
Download or read book West of Here written by Jonathan Evison and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel that is part historical and part modern contracts the lofty goals of the pioneers that settled a peninsula in Washington State with the trivial pursuits of its present-day inhabitants. By the author of All About Lulu.
Author : Francis Lynde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Taming of Red Butte Western written by Francis Lynde and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about courage and love and how uneasily civilization rested upon places where neither the people nor the land wanted very much to change. Taking place in the American West and using the United States railway system as its centerpiece, this book shows the persistent strife of people versus the elements, and how, no matter how much you try, you can't fully dominate the elements.
Author : Deepak Lal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199095310
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book War or Peace written by Deepak Lal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s international climate is one of disorder. A League of Dictators (China, Russia, Iran) is threatening the superpower status of the United States of America, and the liberal international order it has underwritten. A piecemeal Third World War seems to have begun. Eminent economist Deepak Lal argues that the global financial crisis was the proximate cause for a revanchist China and Russia believing that the liberal economic order promoted by the US was on its deathbed, and their illiberal systems were the future. But Lal argues that reports of the economic woes of the US are greatly exaggerated—as are those of China’s prospects and Russia’s power. With a new regime, and the US’ continuing overwhelming economic and military strength, it can maintain its global hegemony by challenging the League of Dictators. India is increasingly a partner in this effort to maintain a liberal global order, by helping contain China’s burgeoning influence.
Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Children's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780531232156
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (321 download)
Download or read book If You Were a Kid in the Wild West written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the 1800s, many settlers moved westward across North America to seek their fortunes as farmers, ranchers, and miners. In the Wild West, there were few towns and few people paid much attention to laws. Readers will take a trip through this thrilling period of American history as they join Louise and Nat for a tale of cowboys in a frontier town. They will find out how people lived, worked, and traveled in the Wild West, and much more."--Publisher's description.
