""Making a Modern U.S. West" provides an overview of the history of the U.S. West from 1898 to 1942 centering on what is often put at the margins in histories of the region-the flows of people, capital, and ideas across borders"-- Provided by publisher

1890-1999, Borderlands, Borderlands West (U.S.) History 20th century, Economic development, Economic development West (U.S.) History 20th century, Emigration and immigration, États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1890-1945, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), Histor

Man and nature Borders inside and out the changing meaning of crossing lines Being American in Boley, Oklahoma Revolution and revolutionaries Women and their alliances Global conflict and local strife Oil Land Speculating on the West imagined Demobilizing, 1928-32 Mobilizing the New Deal Moving people and animals to save the people and the land Conclusion: Making a modern West