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Contested Boundaries


Contested Boundaries

A New Pacific Northwest History
1. Aufl.

von: David J. Jepsen, David J. Norberg

33,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 06.03.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9781119065517
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 416

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<p><i>Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History</i> 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.</p> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>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: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/go/jepsen/contestedboundaries">www.wiley.com/go/jepsen/contestedboundaries</a>.  </li> </ul>
<p>List of Illustrations xi</p> <p>Authors’ Biographies xv</p> <p>Preface and acknowledgments xvii</p> <p>Introduction xix</p> <p><b>Part I Clash of Cultures </b><b>1</b></p> <p><b>1 Early Encounters </b><b>3</b></p> <p>Ships logs tell of a clash of cultures 5</p> <p>British pursue “every branch” of Puget Sound 6</p> <p>“Mean huts and wretched sheds” greet explorers 8</p> <p>Understanding European misconceptions 9</p> <p>Robert Gray braves entrance to Columbia River 10</p> <p>Lewis and Clark arrive by land, 1804 to 1806 13</p> <p>Meeting with Shoshone turns tense 15</p> <p>Assessing the Corps of Discovery 20</p> <p>The time of the people 22</p> <p>Sacagawea: heroism in perspective 27</p> <p>Explore more 30</p> <p>Notes 30</p> <p><b>2 Trade Among Equals </b><b>35</b></p> <p>Slow beginning for fur trade 36</p> <p>An “astronomical” tale 36</p> <p>‘Single-minded’ pursuit of otter skins 37</p> <p>Traders establish permanent presence in interior 39</p> <p>Hudson’s Bay Company takes charge 41</p> <p>Aggressive tactics create “fur deserts” 42</p> <p>British diversify beyond furs 44</p> <p>HBC–Native relations – the ties that bind trade 46</p> <p>From ‘bad to worse’ and the end of an era 50</p> <p>Explore more 52</p> <p>Notes 53</p> <p><b>3 Making a Christian Farmer </b><b>59</b></p> <p>In search of a holy life 60</p> <p>Seeking the “book of heaven” 61</p> <p>Promising start in God’s work 64</p> <p>Protestants and Catholics compete for converts 66</p> <p>A day of reckoning at Waiilatpu 74</p> <p>Indian Removal Act of 1830 – a portent of trouble for Northwest natives 78</p> <p>Beyond the written word – the drawings of Father Nicolas Point 79</p> <p>Explore more 81</p> <p>Notes 81</p> <p><b>4 Building an American Northwest </b><b>87</b></p> <p>Americans look West 87</p> <p>Experiencing the Oregon Trail 89</p> <p>Forging American institutions in Oregon 93</p> <p>Taming a ‘wilderness’ 95</p> <p>Nothing settled – Indian reservations and war 97</p> <p>“Seeing the Elephant” – the Catherine Sager story 103</p> <p>Mother Joseph – a Northwest builder 104</p> <p>Federal boarding schools challenge cultural boundaries 106</p> <p>Explore more 108</p> <p>Notes 109</p> <p>Important Dates and Events 115</p> <p><b>Part II People and Place </b><b>117</b></p> <p><b>5 Riding the Railroad Rollercoaster </b><b>119</b></p> <p>Unlimited opportunity, limited markets 121</p> <p>Frenzy of railroad construction 122</p> <p>Big ideas from flawed men 124</p> <p>Marketing the “wasteland” as a “friendly place” 125</p> <p>Making and breaking cities 128</p> <p>Extraction industry finally on wheels 131</p> <p>Not all is rosy in rail town 133</p> <p>Panic exposes poor management 135</p> <p>James J. Hill: from empire builder to noxious weed 139</p> <p>Cashing in on the Klondike Gold Rush 141</p> <p>Explore more 143</p> <p>Notes 143</p> <p><b>6 Seeking Dignity in Labor </b><b>149</b></p> <p>Making sense of the Progressive Era 151</p> <p>Divided union struggles for power 152</p> <p>At the mercy of predatory “job sharks” 153</p> <p>A rough and tumble lumber business 155</p> <p>Arrest and expulsion in Aberdeen 157</p> <p>Running the gauntlet in Everett 158</p> <p>A parade of violence in Centralia 160</p> <p>Looking for answers in a violent past 163</p> <p>The beginning of the end 165</p> <p>R.D. Hume, “pygmy monopolist” on the economic frontier 169</p> <p>Explore more 172</p> <p>Notes 172</p> <p><b>7 Dismantling a Racial Hierarchy </b><b>177</b></p> <p>African Americans – seeking haven from racial oppression 179</p> <p>Early industrialization and demand for substitute labor 181</p> <p>Chinese – the travails of life on “gold mountain” 184</p> <p>The Tacoma Method – organized vigilantism at gunpoint 186</p> <p>Clashing with “mongoloid races” in Idaho’s goldfields 187</p> <p>A century and a half of change 190</p> <p>European immigration – overlooked stories of the American West 191</p> <p>Doc Hay and generous medicine – a prescription for cultural acceptance 192</p> <p>Explore more 194</p> <p>Notes 194</p> <p><b>8 Liberation in the West </b><b>197</b></p> <p>Women serve as the moral authority 199</p> <p>Working-class labor in farm yard and factory 200</p> <p>Challenging long hours and low pay 204</p> <p>The dual challenge – female and minority 205</p> <p>Chinese build a presence in a strange land 207</p> <p>The Irish – moving beyond the domestic 208</p> <p>African Americans – finding confidence and self-worth 209</p> <p>Winning the franchise 212</p> <p>Answering the “why” question 216</p> <p>Muller v. Oregon 218</p> <p>Caroline Gleason – debunking the myths of women’s work 220</p> <p>Explore more 222</p> <p>Notes 222</p> <p>Important Dates and Events 227</p> <p><b>Part III Crisis and Opportunity </b><b>229</b></p> <p><b>9 Beyond Breadlines </b><b>231</b></p> <p>Returning to the not so “Roaring ‘20s” 232</p> <p>Going from bad to worse 233</p> <p>“Let’s call this place Hooverville” 234</p> <p>Out with the old, and in with the New Deal 237</p> <p>Putting Americans to work in the city 240</p> <p>Did the government create a “nation of softies”? 243</p> <p>Pointing towards a new era 244</p> <p>Building the “Eighth Wonder of the World” 246</p> <p>Explore more 249</p> <p>Notes 249</p> <p><b>10 Marching through Global Conflict </b><b>255</b></p> <p>The winds of war sweep across the Pacific Northwest 256</p> <p>Northwest industries rise to the challenge 257</p> <p>A Critical shortage of workers breaks down barriers 262</p> <p>Japanese Americans challenge new boundaries 266</p> <p>From a World War to a Cold War 270</p> <p>A changed Northwest? 272</p> <p>Women for the defense 273</p> <p>Maggie, Scoop, and the Federal Northwest 276</p> <p>Explore more 278</p> <p>Notes 279</p> <p><b>11 El Movimiento: Chicanos Unite to Improve Economic Standing </b><b>287</b></p> <p>A rights movement that inspires others 288</p> <p>Braceros, a world war and a war on poverty 289</p> <p>Federal government enters the war on poverty 292</p> <p>California’s rising star shines on Yakima Valley 294</p> <p>Workers fight the “slave bill” in Oregon 296</p> <p>El Movimiento comes to campus 297</p> <p>Changing how a university serves its minority communities 300</p> <p>Radio KDNA links with itinerant audiences 302</p> <p>Limited victories in Washington and Oregon 303</p> <p>“Taking off the mask” 306</p> <p>Movin’ on up…and outside the Central District 313</p> <p>Explore more 316</p> <p>Notes 316</p> <p><b>12 The Fractured Northwest </b><b>321</b></p> <p>A new Northwestern economy 322</p> <p>The big business of outdoor recreation 324</p> <p>A region divided by uneven growth 328</p> <p>Politics from left to right 330</p> <p>Environmental politics: resources vs. recreation 332</p> <p>An uncertain future 335</p> <p>From building to breaching dams 337</p> <p>Standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge 339</p> <p>Explore more 341</p> <p>Notes 341</p> <p>Important Dates and Events 348</p> <p>Bibliography 349</p> <p>Index 367</p>
"The authors use and point readers to Internet resources, including museum collections, which are essential to Northwest history today. The book's text and its many features highlight a more inclusive past than textbooks from previous generations [...] Drawing sometimes from local newspapers and occasionally from interviews brings voices of immediacy from the past to the reader." - <b>Oregon Historical Quarterly (2017)<br /><br /></b>"My community college students appreciate the storytelling [and] the brief topical narratives touching on the book’s thematic approach. My favorite aspect is the use of primary sources, all of which are footnoted, and the extensive bibliographies at the back of each chapter. The notes are not intrusive, and students come away with a keen sense of how historians think and write [...] Jepsen and Norberg have given us an interesting way to conceptualize invisible borders, and it’s a theme that my students and I can dig into as we share and reflect on the multitude of narratives and competing viewpoints that continue to shape this region." - <b>Anna Booker, Whatcom Community College (2019)</b><br /><br /><b> <br /></b>
<p><b>David Jepsen </b>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).</p> <b>David Norberg</b> 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.
<i>Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History</i> 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.<br /><br />Bringing together the best features of a reader and a traditional textbook, this work features 12 stand-alone essays that thematically capture the essential narratives of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, with features like timelines, illustrations, and sidebars that provide scholarly context.<br /><br />Centered on the concept of “exclusion,” <i>Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History</i> introduces the region's many different inhabitants – past and present – from Native Americans and women to Asian Americans and Hispanic peoples, and details the political, economic, and social barriers they encountered. It includes well-balanced, inclusive, up-to-date coverage of a variety of important issues for the region, including the environment, gender, ethnicity, and culture. A companion website for students and instructors includes test banks, PowerPoint presentations, student self-assessment tests, useful primary documents, and resource links.<br /><br />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 history.

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