Autore	Flamming Douglas
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Santa Barbara, Calif., : ABC-CLIO, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (378 p.)
Disciplina	978.0496073
Collana	Cultures in the American West
Soggetto topico	African Americans - West (U.S.) - History African Americans - West (U.S.) - Social conditions African Americans - West (U.S.) African American pioneers - West (U.S.) - History Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-29493-8 9786612294938 1-59884-003-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Preface""; ""Maps""; ""1 The African American West: Getting Started""; ""Defining the West""; ""Why Study the West?""; ""Americans of African Descent""; ""About This Book""; ""2 Frontiers of Slavery and Freedom, 1815â€?1865""; ""Slavery on the Early Frontier""; ""The Community Impulse""; ""Black Individualism""; ""Texas and Slavery""; ""Indian Territory and Slavery""; ""The Mexican War""; ""The California Gold Rush""; ""The Slavery Cases and Colored Conventions""; ""Beyond the West of Bondage?""; ""The West and the Civil War"" ""Conclusion""""Bibliographic Essay""; ""3 Trailblazers in the New West, 1866â€?1890""; ""The Cowboys""; ""Soldiering West""; ""To Kansas!""; ""Oklahoma""; ""The Black Towns""; ""The Rise of the Urban West""; ""Building ""Community""""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""4 Seeking Freedom in the West, 1890â€?1920""; ""A Different Kind of Black Experience""; ""The South in Crisis""; ""The ""Talented Tenth"" Migration""; ""The Great Migration""; ""No Rush Westward""; ""Community Life in the Black West""; ""The Afro-American Council""; ""The Colored Women's Clubs""; ""The Rise of the NAACP"" ""World War I""""Bibliographic Essay""; ""5 Between the World Wars, 1920â€?1940""; ""The Tulsa Race Riot""; ""The Second Ku Klux Klan""; ""Garveyism out West""; ""The New Negro Renaissance""; ""The NAACP Convention of 1928""; ""The Great Depression and the New Deal""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""6 World War II and the Great Transformation""; ""The Defense Economy""; ""The Second Great Migration""; ""The Role of the Federal Government""; ""Race and Organized Labor""; ""The Port Chicago Disaster""; ""The Housing Crisis""; ""Liberty Ships""; ""Bibliographic Essay"" ""7 The Era of Racial Liberalism, 1945â€?1965""""An Even Greater Migration""; ""The Housing Crises""; ""Fighting for Civil Rights""; ""Direct-Action Protests""; ""Direct Action in the West""; ""Sports and Entertainment""; ""The Political Arena""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""8 The Era of Black Nationalism, 1965â€?1980""; ""The Black West as Trendsetter""; ""Rebellion in Watts""; ""The Aftermath""; """"Black Power!""""; ""Karenga and Kwanzaa""; ""The Black Panthers""; ""Angela Davis and Che-Lumumba""; ""Civil Rights in the West (continued . . .)""; ""The Electoral Arena"" ""The 1968 Olympic Games""""Blacks and Hollywood""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""9 The African American West since 1980: Decline and Success""; ""The Urban Crisis""; ""The Rodney King Beating""; ""The L.A. Riot""; ""Gangsta Rap""; ""Willie Brown: Political Star""; ""Sports as the Great Equalizer?""; ""Suburbanization""; ""Leaving the West""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""10 Historiography and Current Issues""; ""The Historiography of the Black West""; ""A New Wave of Multiracial History?""; ""A ""Minority Majority""?""; ""Chronology""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D"" ""E""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459162003321

Autore	Rutter Michael
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Farcountry Incorporated
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (1 p.)
Disciplina	364.3092/2 B
Soggetto topico	Women outlaws - West (U.S.) Women outlaws - West (U.S.) - History Outlaws - West (U.S.) Outlaws - West (U.S.) - History Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
ISBN	1-56037-535-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910157762103321

Autore	Beyreis David C.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	978/.02092 B
Soggetto topico	Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) Businessmen - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4962-2205-9 1-4962-2203-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Into the West : the Bents and St. Vrain to 1834 -- Marriage, business, and diplomacy in the Great Plains : William Bent and his family, 1834-1846 -- Marriage, business, and diplomacy in New Mexico : Charles Bent and his family, 1834-1846 -- Collapse : the final days of Bent, St. Vrain and Company, 1846-1849 -- Fifty-niners, freighters, and school children : the Bent family, 1849-1861 -- The road to Sand Creek : William Bent and his family, 1861-1865 -- War, diplomacy, and land grants : the Bent family, 1865-1869 -- Reservations, ranches, and respectability : the Bent family, 1869-1920 -- Conclusion: Contesting the memory of the Bent family.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910793906803321

Autore	Burke John M. <d. 1917.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (397 p.)
Disciplina	978/.033092 B
Altri autori (Persone)	DixonChris
Collana	The papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Soggetto topico	Pioneers - West (U.S.) Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) Entertainers - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-55080-6 9786613863256 0-8032-4456-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction: The Mysterious Major Burke; Acknowledgments; Buffalo Bill from Prairie to Palace; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462198803321

Autore	Sagala Sandra K
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina	978/.02092 B
Soggetto topico	Pioneers - West (U.S.) Entertainers - United States Actors - United States Melodrama, American - History and criticism American drama - 19th century - History and criticism Wild west shows - History - 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-63656-5 0-8263-4429-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Setting the stage -- Treading the boards -- Wild times with Wild Bill -- Border life onstage -- First scalp for Custer -- Incidents and accidents -- Sir Cody, knight of the plains -- Rescuer of the prairie waif -- Exit stage right -- Finale -- Appendix 1 : character lists and program notes for Buffalo Bill's dramas -- Appendix 2 : Buffalo Bill combination's cities and dates -- Appendix 3 : newspaper sources.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457315503321