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Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries.
An engaging look at the themes, events, and people that shaped the Pacific Northwest - Washington, Oregon, and Idaho - from when only Native Peoples inhabited the land through the twentieth century.
Twelve theme-driven essays covering the human and environmental impact of exploration, trade, settlement and industrialization in the nineteenth century, followed by economic calamity, world war and globalization in the twentieth.
Written by two professors with over 20 years of teaching experience, this work introduces the history of the Pacific Northwest in a style that is accessible, relevant, and meaningful for anyone wishing to learn more about the region's recent history. A companion website for students and instructors includes test banks, PowerPoint presentations, student self-assessment tests, useful primary documents, and resource links: www.wiley.com/go/jepsen/contestedboundaries.
Auteur
David Jepsen is a former journalist and corporate marketing professional who has been writing professionally for 40 years. He holds a BA in Communications and a MA in History from the University of Washington. Since 2007, he has taught at Pierce College, the University of Washington Tacoma, and Tacoma Community College, where he is currently a member of the adjunct faculty, teaching both U.S. and Pacific Northwest history. His many writing awards include Honorable Mention for the 2006 Oregon Historical Society Joe Palmer Award for the article "Old-Fashioned Revival: Religion, Migration and a New Identity for Pacific Northwest at Mid-Twentieth Century" (2006).
David Norberg has taught Pacific Northwest history in Washington for nearly 14 years and currently is a full-time member of the history faculty and chair of the Social Sciences Division at Green River Community College, in Auburn, Washington. He holds a BA in History from the University of Washington and a MA in History from Western Washington University. His article, "The Ku Klux Klan in the Valley, a 1920s Phenomenon," published by the White River Valley Museum, shed new light on the conservative backlash in the region following World War I.
Résumé
Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries.
Contenu
List of Illustrations xi
Authors' Biographies xv
Preface and acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
Part I Clash of Cultures 1
1 Early Encounters 3
Ships logs tell of a clash of cultures 5
British pursue every branch of Puget Sound 6
Mean huts and wretched sheds greet explorers 8
Understanding European misconceptions 9
Robert Gray braves entrance to Columbia River 10
Lewis and Clark arrive by land, 1804 to 1806 13
Meeting with Shoshone turns tense 15
Assessing the Corps of Discovery 20
The time of the people 22
Sacagawea: heroism in perspective 27
Explore more 30
Notes 30
2 Trade Among Equals 35
Slow beginning for fur trade 36
An astronomical tale 36
'Single-minded' pursuit of otter skins 37
Traders establish permanent presence in interior 39
Hudson's Bay Company takes charge 41
Aggressive tactics create fur deserts 42
British diversify beyond furs 44
HBCNative relations the ties that bind trade 46
From 'bad to worse' and the end of an era 50
Explore more 52
Notes 53
3 Making a Christian Farmer 59
In search of a holy life 60
Seeking the book of heaven 61
Promising start in God's work 64
Protestants and Catholics compete for converts 66
A day of reckoning at Waiilatpu 74
Indian Removal Act of 1830 a portent of trouble for Northwest natives 78
Beyond the written word the drawings of Father Nicolas Point 79
Explore more 81
Notes 81
4 Building an American Northwest 87
Americans look West 87
Experiencing the Oregon Trail 89
Forging American institutions in Oregon 93
Taming a 'wilderness' 95
Nothing settled Indian reservations and war 97
Seeing the Elephant the Catherine Sager story 103
Mother Joseph a Northwest builder 104
Federal boarding schools challenge cultural boundaries 106
Explore more 108
Notes 109
Important Dates and Events 115
Part II People and Place 117
5 Riding the Railroad Rollercoaster 119
Unlimited opportunity, limited markets 121
Frenzy of railroad construction 122
Big ideas from flawed men 124
Marketing the wasteland as a friendly place 125
Making and breaking cities 128
Extraction industry finally on wheels 131
Not all is rosy in rail town 133
Panic exposes poor management 135
James J. Hill: from empire builder to noxious weed 139
Cashing in on the Klondike Gold Rush 141
Explore more 143
Notes 143
6 Seeking Dignity in Labor 149
Making sense of the Progressive Era 151
Divided union struggles for power 152
At the mercy of predatory job sharks 153
A rough and tumble lumber business 155
Arrest and expulsion in Aberdeen 157
Running the gauntlet in Everett 158
A parade of violence in Centralia 160
Looking for answers in a violent past 163
The beginning of the end 165
R.D. Hume, pygmy monopolist on the economic frontier 169
Explore more 172
Notes 172
7 Dismantling a Racial Hierarchy 177
African Americans seeking haven from racial oppression 179
Early industrialization and demand for substitute labor 181
Chinese the travails of life on gold mountain 184
The Tacoma Method organized vigilantism at gunpoint 186 Clashing with mongoloid races in Idaho'...