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Montana

by Spence, Clark C.
Published by : W.W. Norton & Company (New York) Physical details: 211 p. ISBN:0393056791.
Subject(s): Montana -- History
Year: 1978
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900 - 999 978.6 Spe (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Charles Bartholmew 47544

Includes Index

Invitation to the reader -- An introduction -- Exploration and fur hunters -- The mineral frontier -- The range cattle industry-- Control of the Indians -- Territorial politics and government -- The war of the copper kings -- Progressive versus the company -- The homesteader boom -- The lean thirties -- World War II and after: The political world -- Post-war economic bases -- The most western part of the west -- Suggestions for further reading -- index

Traces the history and development of Montana and discusses the state and its people today.