The West (continued); Labor and Working Class Lives

Return those shopping carts

After a brief investigation of the Feb. 1 holidays, we finish our discussion of the West and look at the organization of working class life.

The American West

Give me a home, where the buffalo roam are driven into pens and shot.

After a bizarre story about Andrew Jackson, we deal with the mythology of
"the West" and some of its less pleasing realities, particularly for various Indian groups.