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ISBN: 978-1-60732-395-2 (cloth)

ISBN: 978-1-60732-396-9 (ebook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pierce, Jason (Jason Eric)

Making the white man's West : whiteness and the creation of the American West / by Jason E. Pierce.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-60732-395-2 (cloth : alkaline paper) — ISBN 978-1-60732-396-9 (ebook)

1. West (U.S.)—Race relations—History. 2. Whites—West (U.S.)—History. 3. Whites—Race identity—West (U.S.)—History. 4. British Americans—West (U.S.)—History. 5. Racism—West (U.S.)—History. 6. Cultural pluralism—West (U.S.)—History. 7. Frontier and pioneer life—West (U.S.) 8. West (U.S.)—History—19th century. 9. West (U.S.)—History—20th century. I. Title.

F596.2.P54 2016

305.800978—dc23

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Cover photograph: Charles Fletcher Lummis dancing with a member of the Del Valle family. Courtesy, Braun Research Library Collection, Southwest Museum, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Making the White Man’s West Whiteness and the Creation of the American West 2016