Arizona : a history / / Thomas E. Sheridan

• Autore: Sheridan Thomas E.
• Pubblicazione: Tucson : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Edizione: Revised edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 484 p.) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 979.1
• Soggetto topico: Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; United States Local History
• Soggetto geografico: Arizona History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Incorporation -- 1. The Native Americans -- 2. The Arrival of the Europeans -- 3. Mexican Arizona and the Anglo Frontier -- 4. Early Anglo Settlement and the Beginning of the Indian Wars -- 5. The Military Conquest of Indian Arizona -- II . Extraction -- 6. The Freighters and the Railroads -- 7. Cattle -- 8. Silver and Gold -- 9. Copper -- 10. Oases in the Desert -- 11. Water and Cotton -- III . Transformation -- 12. Climate -- 13. The Depression and the New Deal -- 14. World War II and the Postwar Boom -- 15. The Other Arizona -- 16. From the Southwest to the Sunbelt -- 17. Arizona in the Twenty-First Century -- 18. The Political Ecology of a Desert State -- Reference Material -- Bibliographic Essays -- Index -- Maps -- Political map of Arizona -- Physiographic map of Arizona -- Indian reservations in Arizona -- Federal lands in Arizona.
• Sommario/riassunto: Hailed as a model state history thanks to Thomas E.Sheridan's thoughtful analysis and lively interpretation of the people and events shaping the Grand Canyon State, Arizona has become a standard in the field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Arizona
• ISBN: 0-8165-9954-8; 1-299-19209-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963818403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Southwest Center series.