The Geography of Hope The West, a Film by Stephen Ives /
Many Americans who set out to change the West found the West changed them instead. This program explores a broad panorama of western experiences: those of Great Plains homesteaders and farmers, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic townspeople in California, Mormons in Utah, Buffalo Bill Cody, cowboys dur...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011], c1996.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (84 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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The West.
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| Summary: |
Many Americans who set out to change the West found the West changed them instead. This program explores a broad panorama of western experiences: those of Great Plains homesteaders and farmers, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic townspeople in California, Mormons in Utah, Buffalo Bill Cody, cowboys during the fall of the great ranching boom, African-American sharecroppers seeking a "promised land," and Native Americans on the reservations. |
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| Item Description: |
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 23, 2011. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. English Perspective on West (2:05) -- Opening Credits (0:54) -- Western Domination & Population Increase (1:42) -- Conformity from Conquest (2:27) -- African-American Western Migration (2:45) -- Exodusters in Kansas (2:51) -- Freedom in the West (1:47) -- Geography of Hope (2:05) -- Enduring Western Weather (2:18) -- Pride Through Hardship (3:16) -- Un-American Treatment of Native Americans (2:12) -- Lakota Return & Relegation to Reservation (2:51) -- Controlling Indians & Reducing "Threat" (1:52) -- Encroaching on Lakota Land (2:10) -- Chung Sun & Anti-Chinese Violence (2:59) -- Chinese Exclusion Act (2:35) -- Theodore Roosevelt's Introduction to the West (3:06) -- Roosevelt's "Romance" with the West (1:48) -- Changing Population of California (3:02) -- Preserving Mexican-American Culture (1:30) -- Outlawing Polygamy (2:13) -- Story of a Polygamist Couple, Separated (1:41) -- Suffering of Persecuted Polygamists (2:01) -- Church's Rejection of Polygamy & Utah's Statehood (1:35) -- Consequences of Unifying the Country (1:37) -- Friends of the Indian (1:40) -- Indian Children at Boarding Schools (2:54) -- Culture Clash for Indian Youth (1:38) -- Recording Dying Native American Culture (2:19) -- Cushing's Zuni Immersion (3:09) -- Decline of Cattle Industry (1:40) -- Winter of 1886-87 (1:43) -- The Great Die-Up (3:07) -- Buffalo Bill Cody's "Wild West" (2:13) -- Buffalo Bill's Genius (1:57) -- Sitting Bull in "The Wild West" (2:54) -- Sitting Bull's Prophecy (1:33) -- Credits: The Geography of Hope: The West, a Film by Stephen Ives (2:42) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. Many Americans who set out to change the West found the West changed them instead. This program explores a broad panorama of western experiences: those of Great Plains homesteaders and farmers, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic townspeople in California, Mormons in Utah, Buffalo Bill Cody, cowboys during the fall of the great ranching boom, African-American sharecroppers seeking a "promised land," and Native Americans on the reservations. 6 and up. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (84 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
6 and up. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |