I. Workers and the Rise of a National Labor Movement in the US (cont.)

II. The Incorporation of the West

A. The West as Myth and Symbol / the Frontier

1. Frederick Jackson Turner and the Myth of the West

2. The West as Romance and Commodity

a. Dime Novels
b. The west as Spectacle

B. The Mining Frontier

C. The Ranching Frontier

(Cowboys and Unions)

D. The Commercialization of Farming

E. The Populist Revolt

F. "Incorporating" the Indian