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List of contents
Chapter 1: Origins: The Original Inhabitants, their landscape and biodiversity
Chapter 2: Curiosity, Commerce, Conquest and Competition: Fur Trade Empires and Discovery
Chapter 3: Oregon Fever and Western Expansion: Manifest Destiny in the Garden of Eden
Chapter 4: Indians in the Land of Eden: early statehood in Oregon and the “Free West”
Chapter 5: Statehood: Constitutional Exclusions and the Civil War
Chapter 6: Oregon at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Nativism, Progressivism and its limitations
Chapter 7: The Dawn of the Civil Rights Movement and the Persistence of Nativism during an Age of War
Chapter 8: Cold War and Counterculture
Chapter 9: End of the Twentieth Century and Beyond
About the author
As an educator, Athanasios Michaels has taught American History at Chemeketa Community College and George Fox University for several years, bringing to students his deep passion and understanding of the field of history. For the twenty years he's lived in Oregon, he has personally witnessed the state's history in its making, from the many changes to the urban landscapes of cities like Portland and Eugene, to the political tensions that have arisen between forces of urban development and urban sprawl. He is currently based in Portland.
Summary
Delivering the rich history of Oregon as a territory and a state in a neat, pocket-sized package, Oregon’s History widely covers the social, economic, political, and cultural nature of the Pacific Northwest and its peoples. Spanning the periods between its first inhabitants forty thousand years ago to the global market age of the twenty-first century, historian and teacher Athanasios Michaels provides a riveting historical narrative of the Beaver State that engages the struggles, victories, failures, and impacts human communities in Oregon have had upon each other and their natural environment, and asks the question of what the people today will do to face the challenges of tomorrow.
Foreword
- Author presentations in Oregon.
- Reviews and excerpts in regional, educational, history, and travel media.
- Paid, targeted, social media advertising.
- Targeted blurbs from Oregon VIP contacts at Travel Oregon, Governor's office, Oregon Historical Society, etc.
- Giveaways at Governor's Conference on Tourism; featured at PNBA and OLA.
