Elegantly assembles the environmental, social, cultural, political, and economic history of the Great Plains in the 19th century.

Elliott West lays out the main events and developments that together describe and explain the emergence of the American West and situates the birth of the West

Agents of Empire expands the historiographical scope of Civil War studies to include the war's intersection with the history of the American West, demonstrating

The nineteenth century American frontier comes alive for students and interested readers in this unique exploration of westward expansion. This study examines t