Explores the history, economics, and politics of Utah, drawing attention to the world of the Mormons and their role in the settlement of Utah, the quest for statehood, and contemporary development

Utah: A Bicentennial History

History

Peterson, Charles S.

Americas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Award-winning author Charles S. Peterson has accomplished a many-faceted goal in this comprehensive volume. Primarily, he has delineated the history of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, receiving, in this absorbing work, the generous assistance of the Forest Service. Of equal interest to the reader, he has woven that history into the interrelated background of a region known as one of the most wild and wonderful in America. Dr. Peterson writes of the livestock frontier, the era of sheep, the alternating militant and peaceful relations between colonizers and Indians, of colorful early settlers and Forest Service officials, of wildlife, timber, transportation problems, and many other aspects of a fascinating region.

Look to the mountains;: Southeastern Utah and the La Sal National Forest,

Brigham Young University Press

The half century between statehood in 1896 and the end of World War II in 1945 was a period of transformation and transition for Utah. This book interprets those profound changes, revealing sweeping impacts on both institutions and ordinary people. Drawing upon expertise honed over decades of teaching, researching, and writing about Utah’s history, the authors incorporate fresh archival sources, new oral histories, and hundreds of scholarly articles and books as they narrate the little-known story of the crucial formative years when Utah came of age.
During its sometimes awkward years of adolescence and maturation, Utah was gradually incorporated into the American political, social, and economic mainstream. Urban and industrial influences supplanted agrarian traditions, displacing people socially, draining the countryside of population, and galvanizing a critical crisis in values and self-identification. National corporations and mass labor movements took root in the state as commerce expanded. Involvement in world events such as the Spanish-American War, two world wars, and the Great Depression further set the stage for entry into the modern, globalized world as Utahns immersed themselves in national politics and became part of the democratic, corporate culture of twentieth-century America.

The Awkward State of Utah: Coming of Age in the Nation, 1896-1945

Cannon, Brian Q.

University of Utah Press

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