The Mobilized American West, 1940–2000
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English | ISBN: 1496234774 | 2023 | EPUB | 518 pages | 3 MB
John M. Findlay, "The Mobilized American West, 1940–2000 (History of the American West) "
In the years between 1940 and 2000, the American Far West went from being a relative backwater of the United States to a considerably more developed, modern, and prosperous region—one capable of influencing not just the nation but the world. By the dawn of the twenty-first century, the population of the West had multiplied more than four times since 1940, and western states had transitioned from rural to urban, becoming the most urbanized section of the country. Massive investment, both private and public, in the western economy had produced regional prosperity, and the tourism industry had undergone massive expansion, altering the ways Americans identified with the West.