Entrée principale:

Hayes, Derek, 1947-

Titre et auteur:

Historical atlas of the American West : with original maps / Derek Hayes.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 35 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The native west -- A west before the west -- Seven cities of gold -- The northern provinces of New Spain -- Other nations explore the west -- The road to manifest destiny -- The rush west -- Linking the west -- Opening the west -- An unequal fight -- Settling and watering the west -- Science and surveys -- The political evolution of the west -- An urban west -- Selling the west -- Opening the west, yet more -- Want, water, and war -- The postwar west.

Résumé:

Presents a sweeping history of the American West through more than 600 original full-color maps and extensive explanatory text.

ISBN:

9780520256521 (paperback)
0520256522 (paperback)

Sujet:

Historical geography.
Kaarten (geografie)
Karte.
West (U.S.) Historical geography Maps.
West (U.S.) History.
États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire.
West United States.
Westen (Verenigde Staten)
Weststaaten (USA)

Classification/genre:

Nonfiction.
Atlases.
History.
Maps.
Historische atlassen (vorm)
Cartes géographiques.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 269473
Cote: BIB 201725
Statut: Disponible