Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"If you're looking for a good primer on Inland Northwest (today's preferred term to 'Inland Empire') history, this is it."--Spokesman Review