{"product_id":"9781405156530","title":"A Companion to the American West","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to American History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to the American West\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Deverell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Companion to the American West is a rigorous, illuminating introduction to the history of the American West. Twenty-five essays by expert scholars synthesize the best and most provocative work in the field and provide a comprehensive overview of themes and historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the culture, politics, and environment of the American West through periods of migration, settlement, and modernization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses Native Americans and their conflicts and integration with American settlers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Deverell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRailroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eWhitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). He co-authored \u003ci\u003eEden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eThe West in the History of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and co-edited \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Progressivism Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eMetropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s \u003c\/i\u003e(2001).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 January 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405156530\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e592\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e35.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381087793292,"sku":"9781405156530","price":54.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405156530_e9aacb48-d0af-4b2e-8b90-d247e95efe51.jpg?v=1780207790","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405156530","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}