Contested Boundaries

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.

• 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.

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'...