Encyclopedia of immigration and migration in the American West

Bakken, Gordon Morris. (Added Author). Kindell, Alexandra. (Added Author). Sage Publications (Added Author). Sage eReference (Online service) (Added Author).

Summary: Through sweeping entries, focused biographies, community histories, economic enterprise analysis, and demographic studies, this Encyclopedia presents the tapestry of the West and its population during various periods of migration. Examines the settling of the West and includes coverage of movements of American Indians, African Americans, and the often-forgotten role of women in the West's development.

Record details

ISBN: 9781452265346 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1452265348 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781849725637
ISBN: 1849725632
ISBN: 1412939577 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781412939577 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781412952439
ISBN: 1412952433
ISBN: 1412905508 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781412905503 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (2 v. (xxix, 848 p.) : ill., maps.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.03.13 "A Sage reference publication." CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Vol. 1. African American Communities in California -- Alien Land Law of 1913 -- American Indian Migration to Phoenix, Arizona -- Anglo Migration to Southern California Before the Depression -- Apache -- Arapaho -- Arizona Copper Discoveries -- Asian Immigration Law -- Assiniboine -- Austin, Stephen Fuller -- Bartleson, John -- Basque Americans -- Bass, Charlotta A. Spear(S) -- Bidwell, John -- Billings, Montana -- Bisbee and Douglas, Arizona -- Black Hills Gold Rush of 1874 -- Blackfoot Nation -- Bloom, Jessie S. -- Boise, Idaho -- Boyle Heights, California -- Bozeman, Montana -- Brent, Joseph Lancaster -- Brigham City, Utah -- Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Butte, Montana -- Cahuilla Nation -- California Indians of the North Coast and Northwestern Coast -- California Indians of the Northern Mountains -- California Indians of the Northern Valley -- California Libraries in the Post-World War II Era -- Carr, Jeanne Carver Smith -- Chapman, Joseph -- Chemehuevi -- Cheyennes -- Chileans and the California Gold Rush -- China Lake, Inyokern, and Ridgecrest, California -- Chinatowns -- Chinese Exclusion Act -- Chinese Immigration -- Cody, Wyoming -- Comstock Lode, 1859 -- Confederate Veterans in Southern California -- Creek Nation -- Cripple Creek, Colorado -- Crow Nation -- Cupeños -- Czechs and Swedes in Saunders County, Nebraska -- Dearfield, Colorado -- Defense Industry -- Dellums, Cottrell Lawrence -- Denver, Pueblo, Boulder, Fort Collins, And Colorado Springs, Colorado -- Donner Party -- Dry Farming -- Duniway, Abigail Scott -- Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909 -- Euro-American Migration on the Overland Trails -- Farming Families on the Oregon Frontier -- Feldenheimer, Edith -- Foltz, Clara Shortridge -- Foote, Mary Hallock -- Forced Migration of Anarchists -- Forced Migration of Italians During World War II -- Fort Worth, Texas -- Frank, Ray -- Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 -- Frémont, John Charles -- French Basques of Bakersfield, California -- Fresno, California -- Frisco Mine, Beaver County, Utah -- Frisians -- Gabrielino -- Gale, William Alden -- Gallatin Valley, Montana -- Gentleman's Agreement -- German and Italian Internment -- Gianforte, Greg -- Gilead, Kansas -- Goldfield, Nevada -- Grass Valley, California -- Great Falls, Montana -- Gros Ventre -- Hartnell, William -- Harvey, Frederick Henry -- Helena, Montana -- Helena's Exploited Resources -- Homestead Act -- Hopi -- Huntington Beach, California -- Idaho Silver Strikes -- Immigration Act of 1965 -- Immigration and Naturalization Service (Ins) -- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 -- Indian Removal Act of 1830 -- Inyo County, California -- Iran-Iraq War and the Migration of Iranian Youth to California -- Irish in the West -- Irvine, James Harvey -- Jacks, David Baird -- Jackson, Wyoming -- Japanese Internment -- Juaneños -- Julian, California -- Kalispell, Montana -- Koreatown -- Kumeyaay (Diegueño, I'ipay, and Tipai) -- Lake Havasu City, Arizona -- Lakotas -- Lankershim, Isaac -- Las Vegas, Nevada -- Last Chance Gulch, Montana -- Lawyers and Legislation -- Leadville, Colorado -- Lewiston and Coeur D'Alene, Idaho -- Libby, Montana -- Libraries and the Immigrant -- Lincoln, Nebraska -- Little Italy -- Little Tokyo and Japantown -- Logging -- Los Angeles, California -- Luiseño -- Appendix: Part I, Master Bibliography -- Appendix: Part II, Master Bibliography.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.