Table of Contents

Preface
1. Man and Desert
2. An Opening to Europe
3. White Settlement
4. A New Land
5. Troubled Zion
6. The Americanization of Utah
7. The New Pioneers
8. Progressive Reform in the Beehive State
9. War, Depression, and War
10. Utah Today and Tomorrow
Index
 

About the Author

Dean L. May is a professor of history at the University of Utah. He has published extensively on the social history of the American West, most recently Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900.

Reviews

"A more than adequate, popular treatment of Utah's history."--Dialogue

"An excellent introductory, popular history for the adult reader. Any high school, public, and academic library should have this book."--Idaho Librarian

"The book carries a certain light touch, picturesque language, and a charm revealing the scholarship, the personality, and the feelings of the author."--Utah Historical Quarterly

"This highly readable and unencumbered account is sure to be called by many the best history of the Territory and State yet written. Balanced, profusely illustrated, and ideal for both the student and the non-specialist."--Books of the Southwest