Man and nature -- Borders inside and out -- the changing meaning of crossing lines -- Being American in Boley, Oklahoma -- Revolution and revolutionaries -- Women and their alliances -- Global conflict and local strife -- Oil -- Land -- Speculating on the West imagined -- Demobilizing, 1928-32 -- Mobilizing the New Deal -- Moving people and animals to save the people and the land -- Conclusion: Making a modern West
Summary
This book surveys the history of the U.S. West from 1898 to 1940, centering what is often relegated to the margins in histories of the region - the flows of people, capital, and ideas across borders
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-617) and index
