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Units: 3
Advisory: Eligibility for English 1A
Hours: 54 lecture
History of the movement of the American people from the eastern coast of North America to the Pacific Ocean, including the history of the trans-Mississippi West from the 16th century to the present. Included will be the numerous historical issues associated with the region, including cultural contact and conflict, economic development, visions and meanings of the West, human interaction with nature and the environment, relationship between western states and the federal government, tourism, the growth of the sunbelt cities, and the shifting nature of race, class, gender, and power in the region. (CSU, UC)