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The story of the West :

Additional authors: Utley, Robert M. -- (Robert Marshall), -- 1929- -- Ed. | Nanney, Ellen. | Smithsonian Institution.

Edition statement:1st American ed. Published by : DK Pub., (London ; | New York :) Physical details: 320 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 31 cm. ISBN:0789496607.

Subject(s): West (U.S.) -- Historical geography. | West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works. | West (U.S.) -- History. | United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.

Year: 2003

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900 - 999		978.00222 Sto (Browse shelf)	Available	Book Fund		83364

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"Smithsonian Institution."

"This authoritative and absorbing visual reference book documents the complete story of the American West, separating the myths from the reality"--Jacket flyleaf.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The West before Columbus : prehistory to A.D. 1500 / W. Raymond Wood --
Spain in the West, 1500-1800 / John L. Kessell --
The winds of change, 1800-1840 / James P. Ronda --
The eagle screams, 1840-1865 / John Logan Allen --
The West subdued, 1865-1900 / Glenda Riley --
The contemporary West : 1900 to present / Gerald D. Nash ; edited by Richard W. Etulain.

Recounts the history of the West from the emergence of pre-Columbian civilizations more than 12,000 years ago to the urban West of today.
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