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Author Abbott, Carl, 1944-

Title Colorado : a history of the Centennial State / Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, Thomas J. Noel
Edition Fifth edition
Published Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 575 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction -- Mountains and Plains -- The First Coloradans -- New Mexico's Northern Frontier -- The Pikes Peak Gold Rush -- The Era of the Booster -- Exterminate Them!" : Natives 1850s-90s -- Interlude : Coloradans in 1876 -- The Bonanza Years -- The Businessman's State -- A Generation of Industrial Warfare -- Farming and Ranching in the American Desert -- Women in Politics and Society -- A Diverse People -- Scenery, Health, and Tourism -- Denver and the Reform Crusade -- Interlude: Coloradans in 1917 -- The 1920s -- The Great Depression -- World War II -- Postwar Boom -- Postwar Politics and Other Diversions -- Troubled Times -- Environmental Challenges -- Economic Peaks and Valleys -- Sports -- Cultural and Political Wars -- Colorado Chronology -- Colorado Biographies -- Colorado Officials -- Colorado Population and Economic Statistics -- Colorado Facts and Symbols
Summary Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of Colorado from this book. In this fifth edition, the coauthors incorporate contemporary events, scholarship, and insights about the state in a book that general readers and students will enjoy. This edition tells of conflicts, shifting alliances, and changing ways of life as Hispanic, European, and African American settlers flooded into a region that was already home to Native Americans. Providing a balanced treatment of the entire state's history - from Grand Junction to Lamar and from Trinidad to Craig - the authors also reveal how Denver and its surrounding communities developed and gained influence. While continuing to elucidate the significant impact of mining, agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism on Colorado, this edition broadens and focuses its coverage by consolidating material on Native Americans into one chapter and adding a new chapter on sports history. The authors also expand their discussion of the twentieth century with updated sections on the environment, economy, politics, and cultural conflicts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-550) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
SUBJECT Colorado -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028670
Subject Colorado.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Leonard, Stephen J., 1941-
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
ISBN 9781607322276
1607322277
9781457181276
1457181274
9781457181252
1457181258