Great courses (DVD). Modern history

Lecturer, Dr. Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University

Designed to shine a light on the American frontier, The American West: History, Myth, and Legacy reveals the grit and grandeur of an epic period in U.S. history. In 24 lectures, award-winning Professor Patrick N. Allitt uncovers new historical angles on everything from the last stand at the Alamo to the Oregon Trail to the creation of America's first national parks

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Westward the Course of Empire

Episode 2

The West in the Colonial Era

Episode 3

Venturing beyond the Appalachians

Episode 4

Discoveries of Lewis and Clark

Episode 5

The Fur Trade and the Mountain Men

Episode 6

Trail of Tears

Episode 7

Struggles of the Plains Indians

Episode 8

Rebellious Texas and the Alamo

Episode 9

Traveling the Oregon Trail

Episode 10

Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War

Episode 11

The California Gold Rush

Episode 12

Bleeding Kansas and Civil War in the West

Episode 13

Building the Transcontinental Railroads

Episode 14

Cowboys and Cattle Drives

Episode 15

Homesteaders on the Plains

Episode 16

Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee

Episode 17

Life in Western Towns and Cities

Episode 18

John Wesley Powell and the Desert Southwest

Episode 19

Women in the Wild West

Episode 20

From Territories to Western States

Episode 21

Western Violence, Law, and Order

Episode 22

Protecting Yellowstone and Yosemite

Episode 23

Mythology of the American West

Episode 24

Winning the West?