Frontiers: A Short History of the American West (The Lamar Series in Western History) Abridged Edition

by John Mack Faragher (Author), Robert V. Hine (Author)

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ISBN-10: 030013620X

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A concise edition of the authors' definitive history of the American West, updated and rewritten for a popular audience

"From the Caribbean to Canada and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, this marvelous survey spotlights the unexpected twists and turns that occurred when peoples met and mingled and how from these cultural encounters emerged today's American West. Hine and Faragher find in our frontier history the key to 'our common past' and a 'blueprint for our common future.'"—Stephen Aron, Department of History, UCLA

Published in 2000 to critical acclaim, The American West: A New Interpretive History quickly became the standard in college history classrooms. Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher here offer a concise edition of their classic text, freshly updated. Lauded for their lively and elegant writing, the authors provide a grand survey of the colorful history of the American West, from the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Frontiers introduces the diverse peoples and cultures of the American West and explores how men and women of different ethnic groups were affected when they met, mingled, and often clashed. Hine and Faragher present the complexities of the American West—as frontier and region, real and imagined, old and new. Showcasing the distinctive voices and experiences of frontier characters, they explore topics ranging from early exploration to modern environmentalism, drawing expansively from a wide range of sources. With four galleries of fascinating illustrations drawn from Yale University's premier Collection of Western Americana, some published here for the first time, this book will be treasured by every reader with an interest in the unique saga of the American West.

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"A concise history of the American frontier West written by two of its foremost historians, paying special attention to the impacts on and relations among diverse races and cultures, including women's roles and perspectives. . . . Highly recommended for public and school libraries in need of a basic, up-to-date overview of American frontier history."―Library Journal

"As a short, single-volume summation of the current state of historical scholarship on the American West, it is probably unmatched by any other book available today."―Karl Jacoby, Great Plains Quarterly

"A lively, as well as authoritative, short history of the American West."―Richard H. Dillon, Signals From Telegraph Hill

Selected as a 2008 AAUP University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries

"Smart, lively, and lucid, this book takes a sweeping, expansive view of the American West, offering anyone a fine point of departure for exploring the many paths into the past."―Gregory Nobles, author of American Frontiers: Cultural Encounters and Continental Conquest

"There is simply no better first journey into the vast terrain of Western history than this lively, learned, clear-eyed volume. Another winner for Hine and Faragher."―Virginia Scharff, University of New Mexico, Autry National Center

"From the Caribbean to Canada and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, this marvelous survey spotlights the unexpected twists and turns that occurred when peoples met and mingled and how from these cultural encounters emerged today's American West. Hine and Faragher find in our frontier history the key to 'our common past' and a 'blueprint for our common future.'"―Stephen Aron, Department of History, UCLA

About the Author

Robert V. Hine is professor emeritus, University of California, Riverside and Irvine. He lives in Irvine. John Mack Faragher is Arthur Unobskey Professor of American History, Yale University. He is the author of Women and Men on the Overland Trail and Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie, both published by Yale University Press. He lives in Hamden, CT.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; Abridged edition (May 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 030013620X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300136203
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.16 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.53 x 7.62 x 0.71 inches

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AK_girl

Easy to read

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2011

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This was one text used for a college class I took. For "required" reading, it has actually been both interesting and very digestible. I actually picked up a second copy to send to my father, just because I think he'll enjoy it. This is not an in-depth history of the West or the US, but it does give an excellent overview of how the "real" West developed (not just Hollywood's "wild west") and themes of Western history. It does a pretty good job of presenting North American history from more than just the European perspective, as well.

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Jack Alan Robbins

excellent overview

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2008

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This is an excellent brief overview of the history of the American West. I find I wanted to get into this history having traveled a bit in the West in recent years and was not ready to tackle the author's full history (which I'll do later) and I was not quite ready to read De Voto's 3 volumes. Frontiers served its purpose: I have now read one of De Voto's books and am into a second one. The illustrations in Frontiers and the suggested readings list are both very helpful.

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Dr. Joe

A very readable and generally accurate account

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2013

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I found this book to be a thorougly enjoyable book on a topic about which I have personally done much reading. I learned new insights about the development of the West on almost every page, often enlivened with examples and stories, Several of the previous reviewers decried the authors' making the white settlers look bad, but they never described any specific inaccuracies in the book. Though most settlers were innocent of atrocities, it is a documented fact that the native American population in the West plummeted after the settlers came, not only because of contagious diseases, but due to often indiscriminate slaughter. Even after statehood, Indians had no official legal rights for many years, and had no recourse against a white American, whatever the charge. Hine tells it like it was.

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Thamanjimmy

i love this book

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2009

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I thought this book was an excellent introduction to the American West. It is well laid out and definitely is a book worthy of a purchase.

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rattlesnake1

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2016

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Informative

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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Great transaction. Book was better than described

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Excellent concise history ruined by politics

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2007

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The narrative style is lovely. The chronological swath is impressive. The graphics are informative and easy to read. The authors are distinguished scholars. This book has everything going for it... except that it's ruined by politics. Basically, everyone in this part of the world at that time EXCEPT the white men who happened to be building the country has a reason to be proud and pissed off. Mexicans. Indians. Women. Animals. Slaves. Russians. Spanish. Rocks. Trees. Rivers. All of you guys were cool, just minding your own business when, BAM!, a horde of ignorant, exploitative and self-interested white men called "Americans" came along and destroyed your peaceful civilizations.

Too bad. This is really a good book, but it would be a really great book without the white man's guilty conscience.

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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2016

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Got it used and there was very messy notes taken on the pages. Still very readable but slightly annoying. Overall was very needed for my course and was exactly an enjoyable book itself.

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