Episode #2058
Elliott West
Books mentioned
Continental Reckoning
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:00:00
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Wild New World
Mentioned by Elliott West · at 00:28:16 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Last Indian War
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:54:29 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 01:17:05 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Comanche Empire
Mentioned by Elliott West · at 01:24:54 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Horizontal Yellow
Mentioned by Elliott West · at 01:25:32 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Historian Elliott West discusses the ecological and demographic transformation of the American West, including the impact of European diseases, the rise of Native horse cultures, and the California gold rush. He argues that mid-19th-century westward expansion was as pivotal as the Civil War in shaping modern America.
What they talked about
- Writing and researching Continental Reckoning
- Native American delegations to France in the 1720s
- Disease and immunity among Native Americans
- Ecological transformation of the American West
- Buffalo hunting and leather demand
- Comanche horse culture and empire
- California gold rush and genocide
- Western history and national identity
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