Contested boundaries : a new Pacific Northwest history /

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Author / Creator:Jepsen, David J., author.
Imprint:Hoboken, NJ, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2017.
Description:xxi, 392 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11033620
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ISBN:9781119065487
1119065488
9781119065548
1119065542
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Authors' Biographies
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Clash of Cultures
  • 1. Early Encounters
  • Ships logs tell of a clash of cultures
  • British pursue "every branch" of Puget Sound
  • "Mean huts and wretched sheds" greet explorers
  • Understanding European misconceptions
  • Robert Gray braves entrance to Columbia River
  • Lewis and Clark arrive by land, 1804 to 1806
  • Meeting with Shoshone turns tense
  • Assessing the Corps of Discovery
  • The time of the people
  • Sacagawea: heroism in perspective
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 2. Trade Among Equals
  • Slow beginning for fur trade
  • An "astronomical" tale
  • 'Single-minded' pursuit of otter skins
  • Traders establish permanent presence in interior
  • Hudson's Bay Company takes charge
  • Aggressive tactics create "fur deserts"
  • British diversify beyond furs
  • HBC-Native relations - the ties that bind trade
  • From 'bad to worse' and the end of an era
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 3. Making a Christian Farmer
  • In search of a holy life
  • Seeking the "book of heaven"
  • Promising start in God's work
  • Protestants and Catholics compete for converts
  • A day of reckoning at Waiilatpu
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830 - a portent of trouble for Northwest natives
  • Beyond the written word - the drawings of Father Nicolas Point
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 4. Building an American Northwest
  • Americans look West
  • Experiencing the Oregon Trail
  • Forging American institutions in Oregon
  • Taming a 'wilderness'
  • Nothing settled - Indian reservations and war
  • "Seeing the Elephant" - the Catherine Sager story
  • Mother Joseph - a Northwest builder
  • Federal boarding schools challenge cultural boundaries
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • Important Dates and Events
  • Part II. People and Place
  • 5. Riding the Railroad Rollercoaster
  • Unlimited opportunity, limited markets
  • Frenzy of railroad construction
  • Big ideas from flawed men
  • Marketing the "wasteland" as a "friendly place"
  • Making and breaking cities
  • Extraction industry finally on wheels
  • Not all is rosy in rail town
  • Panic exposes poor management
  • James J. Hill: from empire builder to noxious weed
  • Cashing in on the Klondike Gold Rush
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 6. Seeking Dignity in Labor
  • Making sense of the Progressive Era
  • Divided union struggles for power
  • At the mercy of predatory "job sharks"
  • A rough and tumble lumber business
  • Arrest and expulsion in Aberdeen
  • Running the gauntlet in Everett
  • A parade of violence in Centralia
  • Looking for answers in a violent past
  • The beginning of the end
  • R.D. Hume, "pygmy monopolist" on the economic frontier
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 7. Dismantling a Racial Hierarchy
  • African Americans - seeking haven from racial oppression
  • Early industrialization and demand for substitute labor
  • Chinese - the travails of life on "gold mountain"
  • The Tacoma Method - organized vigilantism at gunpoint
  • Clashing with "mongoloid races" in Idaho's goldfields
  • A century and a half of change
  • European immigration - overlooked stories of the American West
  • Doc Hay and generous medicine - a prescription for cultural acceptance
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 8. Liberation in the West
  • Women serve as the moral authority
  • Working-class labor in farm yard and factory
  • Challenging long hours and low pay
  • The dual challenge - female and minority
  • Chinese build a presence in a strange land
  • The Irish - moving beyond the domestic
  • African Americans - finding confidence and self-worth
  • Winning the franchise
  • Answering the "why" question
  • Muller v. Oregon
  • Caroline Gleason - debunking the myths of women's work
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • Important Dates and Events
  • Part III. Crisis and Opportunity
  • 9. Beyond Breadlines
  • Returning to the not so "Roaring '20s"
  • Going from bad to worse
  • "Let's call this place Hooverville"
  • Out with the old, and in with the New Deal
  • Putting Americans to work in the city
  • Did the government create a "nation of softies"?
  • Pointing towards a new era
  • Building the "Eighth Wonder of the World"
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 10. Marching through Global Conflict
  • The winds of war sweep across the Pacific Northwest
  • Northwest industries rise to the challenge
  • A Critical shortage of workers breaks down barriers
  • Japanese Americans challenge new boundaries
  • From a World War to a Cold War
  • A changed Northwest?
  • Women for the defense
  • Maggie, Scoop, and the Federal Northwest
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 11. El Movimiento: Chicanos Unite to Improve Economic Standing
  • A rights movement that inspires others
  • Braceros, a world war and a war on poverty
  • Federal government enters the war on poverty
  • California's rising star shines on Yakima Valley
  • Workers fight the "slave bill" in Oregon
  • El Movimiento comes to campus
  • Changing how a university serves its minority communities
  • Radio ICDNA links with itinerant audiences
  • Limited victories in Washington and Oregon
  • "Taking off the mask"
  • Movin' on up ... and outside the Central District
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • 12. The Fractured Northwest
  • A new Northwestern economy
  • The big business of outdoor recreation
  • A region divided by uneven growth
  • Politics from left to right
  • Environmental politics: resources vs. recreation
  • An uncertain future
  • From building to breaching dams
  • Standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
  • Explore more
  • Notes
  • Important Dates and Events
  • Bibliography
  • Index