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Elliott West

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Two Years That Made the West

In a momentous couple of years, the young United States added more than a million square miles of territory, including Texas and California.

by Elliott West via American Heritage on July 3, 2024
The Future of Reconstruction Studies

This online forum sponsored by the Journal of the Civil War Era features 9 essays and a roundtable on the future of Reconstruction Studies.

by Eric Foner, Nancy Bercaw, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Thomas J. Brown, Mark A. Noll, Thomas C. Holt, Lisa Tetrault, Martha S. Jones, Kidada E. Williams, Salamishah Tillet, Adrienne Petty, Luke E. Harlow, Elliott West, David M. Prior, Beverly Bond, Jennifer W. Taylor via Muster on August 1, 2017

Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion

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A herd of bison.

A Panoramic View of the West

A sweeping new history examines many untold stories of the American West in the late nineteenth century.

by Bradley J. Birzer via Law & Liberty on December 13, 2023

"American Progress" painting by John Gast, 1872.

Reconsidering Expansion

Historians question "expansion" as the defining process of U.S. growth, proposing alternative terms like "empire" and "settler colonialism."

by Rachel St. John via Teaching American History on August 20, 2024

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