Power and Promise: The Changing American West

by Gary Clayton Anderson, Kathleen P. Chamberlain

The Changing West blends social, political, intellectual and environmental history to offer an in-depth study of this often mythic region and its peoples, from pre-Columbian times to the 21 st century. User-friendly, streamlined and attentive to the most recent scholarship, this comprehensive history of the American West is written specifically for an undergraduate audience.

416 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2007

About the author

A specialist in American Indians of the Great Plains and the Southwest, Gary Clayton Anderson is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma.