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Spokane and the Inland Empire

Spokane and the Inland Empire

An Interior Pacific Northwest Anthology

by John Fahey, Henry Matthews, Donald W. Meinig, Ruth Barnes Moynihan, Wayne D. Rasmussen, Harvey S. Rice, Carlos A. Schwantes, Clifford E. Trafzer and J. William T. Youngs

Published by: WSU Press

Imprint: WSU Press

240 Pages, 152.00 × 229.00 × 14.00 mm

Paperback
9780874222777
Published: December 2005

£16.99

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Contents
Authors

Essential aspects about the prehistory, history, geography, and architecture of the Inland Pacific Northwest are presented here in one succinct volume. This landmark collection features essays by noted national and regional scholars, such as Donald W. Meinig, Carlos A. Schwantes, Henry Matthews, Clifford E. Trafzer, and Harvey S. Rice.

Spokane and the Inland Empire outlines the region's historical geographic systems, Palouse tribal history, characteristics of prehistoric Plateau Indian dwellings, a century of Columbia Plateau agriculture, Spokane's bitter labor disputes that occurred prior to America's entry into World War I, the exceptional architecture of Spokane's Kirtland Cutter, and more. This updated edition includes some new material and has been revised from the original volume published in 1991. Extensive illustrations supplement the text.

Acknowledgments
Contributors

The Inland Empire: Introduction to the Original Edition (1991)
David H. Stratton

The Inland Pacific Northwest: Introduction to the Revised Edition (2005)
David H. Stratton

One: Spokane and the Inland Empire: Historical Geographic Systems and a Sense of Place
Donald W. Meinig

Two: Native American Dwellings of the Southern Plateau
Harvey S. Rice

Three: The Palouse Indians: Interpreting the Past of a Plateau Tribe
Clifford E. Trafzer

Four: Let Women Vote: Abigail Scott Duniway in Washington Territory
Ruth Barnes Moynihan

Five: A Century of Farming in the Inland Empire
Wayne D. Rasmussen

Six: Spokane and the Wageworkers' Frontier: A Labor History to World War I
Carlos A. Schwantes

Seven: Kirtland Cutter: Spokane's Architect
Henry Matthews

Eight: When the Dutch Owned Spokane
John Fahey

Nine: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Spokane's Expo '74, the Environmental World's Fair
J. William T. Youngs

David H. Stratton, former WSU History Department chair, is a noted, long-time specialist of the history of the American West and the Northwest region.