Dreams and homelands -- New world begins -- Contest of cultures -- Struggle of empires -- Land and its markers -- Fur trade -- From Texas to Oregon -- War and destiny -- Mining frontiers -- Power of the road -- Open range -- Safety valve -- Search for community -- Urban frontier -- Plunder and preservation -- Myth of the west -- Frontier and west in our time
Summary
This survey of frontier history traces the story from the first Columbian contacts between Indians and Europeans to the multicultural encounters of the modern world
