About the Author

Warren A. Beck, Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton, has been widely published in western American history. He is the coauthor of the much-praised Historical Atlas of California and Historical Atlas of New Mexico, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Ynez D. Haase, a professional cartographer who lived in Fillmore, California,was the coauthor of the much-praised Historical Atlas of California and Historical Atlas of New Mexico, published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Reviews

Defining the West as that part of the United States lying west of the 100th meridian, Beck and Haase provide a cartographic survey of the history of the region. In addition to maps illustrating such standard themes as natural resources, exploration and travel routes, the growth of the transportation network, and Indian tribal lands, the authors have included detailed maps on such topics as the Spanish-Mexican land grants and the Mt. St. Helens's eruption. Each map is accompanied by an explanatory text placing it in historical context. An important work that will be valuable for scholar and student alike, this atlas is an essential purchase for most libraries.-- Stephen H. Peters, Northern Michigan Univ. Lib., Marquette