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      The World of the American West

      A collection of essays that deals with the world of the American West, and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse region. It incorporates the research in the field to take…

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      The Development of Law on the Rocky Mountain Frontier: Civil Law and Society, 1850-1912

      Gordon Morris Bakken

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      The Development of Law in Frontier California: Civil Law and Society, 1850-1890

      Gordon Morris Bakken

      This is a thought-provoking exploration of the development of civil law in California from 1850 to 1890. Finally, he demonstrates that the law was less certain and the policy considerations…

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      Rocky Mountain Constitution Making, 1850-1912.

      Gordon Morris Bakken

      Bakken addresses important issues of constitutional history in the context of a seminal period in the history of the American West. Bakken outlines the issues of public policy which the…

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      Practicing Law in Frontier California

      Gordon Morris Bakken

      Combines collective biography with an analysis of the function of the bar in a rapidly changing socioeconomic setting. This work shows how law practice changed with the establishment of large…

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      Law in the Western United States

      Gordon Morris Bakken

      In this volume, Gordon Morris Bakken traces the distinctive development of western legal history. The contributors’ essays provide succinct descriptions of major cases, legislation, and individual western states’ constitutional provisions…

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      The World of the American West

      The World of the American West is an innovative collection of original essays that brings the world of the American West to life, and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse…

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      The World of the American West [2 volumes]: A Daily Life Encyclopedia

      Gordon Morris Bakken

      Addressing everything from the details of everyday life to recreation and warfare, this two-volume work examines the social, political, intellectual, and material culture of the American Old West, from the…

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      The Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects

      Gordon Morris Bakken

      The General Mining Act of 1872, which declared all valuable mineral deposits on public lands to be free and open to exploration and purchase, has had a controversial impact on…

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      Invitation to an Execution

      Gordon Morris Bakken

      Traces the history and politics of the death penalty in the US. Includes essays from historians, political scientists and lawyers to provide a broad treatment of the evolution of American…

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      California History: A Topical Approach

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      This fresh departure from other California history readers offers students a compilation of engaging essays. The work of ten experts, this book presents interpretive examinations of an eclectic range of…

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      The Gendered West: The American West

      First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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      Environmental Problems in America’s Garden of Eden: The American West

      The essays in this volume survey the various environmental consequences of western development. They make clear the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to environmental history.

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      The Urban West: The American West

      The essays in this volume display the vast variety of urban experiences in the West. The authors examine the role of race, class and gender in the urbanization process and…

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      Law in the West: The American West

      This volume presents recent thinking on the role of law in the American West. The essays aim to demonstrate how legal history can amplify our understanding of the meaning of…

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      Women Who Kill Men: California Courts, Gender, and the Press

      Gordon Morris Bakken,Brenda Farrington

      The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a revolutionary period in the lives of women, and the shifting perceptions of women and their role in society were equally apparent…

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      Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law: Courting Judicial Mayhem, Texas Style

      Bill Neal

      From the 1880s until after World War I, Texas prosecutions for adultery, fornication, rape, seduction, and sodomy were many, but formal penal code seemed insufficiently stringent to southerners, who often…

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      Quite Contrary: The Litigious Life of Mary Bennett Love

      David Langum

      Mary Bennett Love had a physicality exceeded only by her personality. Six feet tall and over 300 pounds, Love was anything but shackled by the mores of her day. In…

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      Women Who Kill Men: California Courts, Gender, and the Press

      Gordon Morris Bakken,Brenda Farrington

      Analyses eighteen sensational cases of women on trial for murder in this period to identify the intersections of media, law, and gender in California

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      Skullduggery, Secrets, and Murders: The 1894 Wells Fargo Scam That Backfired

      Neal Bill

      In 1894, George Isaacs, the penniless black sheep of his family, was running with the worst of the outlaws in the Oklahoma Territory. There, a get-rich-quick scheme that seemed fool…

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      Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas

      Michael Ariens

      In narrative as engaging as it is accessible, Michael Ariens has produced an overarching consideration of Lone Star law and legal culture, something notably missing in other Texas histories. After…

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      Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings and Celebrated Trials

      Bill Neal,Gordon Morris Bakken

      Laws passed by politicians in far-off Austin meant little to Westerners living on the Texas frontier. This title presents the evidence that shows how easy some folks found it to…

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      Where is the West?: The American West

      Essays in this volume deal with the question of the focus of historical inquiry. The focus of most essays in this volume is an exciting, gendered, racially inclusive and multicultural…

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      Racial Encounters in the Multi-Cultured West: The American West

      First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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      Encyclopedia of Women in the American West

      The Encyclopedia of Women of the American West captures the lives of more than 150 women who made their mark from the mid-1800s to the present, contextualizing their experiences and…

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      Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West

      Provides a reader with histories of racial and ethnic groups that peopled the American West, those states west of the 100th meridian.These volumes cover the settling of the West, and…

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      A Clamor for Equality: Emergence and Exile of Californio Activist Francisco P. Ramirez

      Paul Bryan Gray

      A biography of the first civil rights activist in Los Angeles, a brilliant eighteen-year-old Mexican-American, Francisco P. Ramirez, published a Spanish-language newspaper, El Clamor Publico, from 1855 to 1859.

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      Law at Little Big Horn: Due Process Denied

      Charles E. Wright

      Analyses the legal backdrop to the Great Sioux War, asking the hard questions of how treaties were to be honoured and how the US government failed to abide by its…

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      The American West

      This six volume collection of reprinted articles deals with the West in American history. This collection summarizes the debate and brings together materials from disparate sources.

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      Showdown in the Big Quiet: Land, Myth, and Government in the American West

      John P. Bieter Jr.

      Examines the area known as the Big Quiet, the role of environment, the history of this area in the West, and the power of Western mythology –Provided by publisher.

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      Showdown in the Big Quiet: Land, Myth, and Government in the American West

      John P. Bieter Jr.

      Examines the area known as the Big Quiet, the role of environment, the history of this area in the West, and the power of Western mythology –Provided by publisher.

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      A Conservative and Compassionate Approach to Immigration Reform: Perspectives from a Former US Attorney General

      Alberto R. Gonzales,David N. Strange

      Although the United States is a nation founded by immigrants, Alberto R. Gonzales and David N. Strange believe that national immigration policy and enforcement over the past thirty years has…

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      World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis: Second Edition, Volume 1

      S Wallech,Touraj Daryaee,Craig Hendricks,Anne Lynne Negus,Peter P. Wan

      World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level.

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      World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis: Second Edition, Volume 2

      S Wallech,Touraj Daryaee,Craig Hendricks,Anne Lynne Negus,Peter P. Wan

      World History A Concise Thematic Analysis II

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      Law as Culture and Culture as Law: Essays in Honor of John Phillip Reid

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