"Deutsch has done something special by producing a mosaic history of the American West from 1898–1940. . . . Situated between Elliott West's Continental Reckoning and John Findlay's The Mobilized American West, Deutsch's book is the vital bridge in what are the most comprehensive histories of the West published to date."—Anthony W. Wood, Montana The Magazine of Western History
"Sarah Deutsch has written possibly the most important survey of modern U.S. western history in a couple of decades."—Alicia M. Dewey, Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"Deutsch's Making a Modern West is destined to be a major reference work and deserves a wide readership among scholars and others interested in this region."—William C. Pratt, Nebraska History
"In another masterful installment in a masterful series, Deutsch has successfully argued that the West's history changed the nation's."—Flannery Burke, Journal of Arizona History
"Deutsch's work is of great importance to students of the American West and in fields such as labor, race relations, gender, and economic history."—J. M. Starling, Choice
"This book offers a major revision of Western history that takes place well into the 20th Century. It should be required reading that will surprise anyone enamored of a mythic West."—Abraham Hoffman, Roundup Magazine
"Carefully avoiding monolithic generalizations of the West, Deutsch's attention to diverse peoples proclaims that competing visions for Western modernity were not just between insiders and outsiders, but ubiquitous within. . . . [Making a Modern U.S. West] provides a strong framework for other historians working in the era and region to build upon."—Brenden W. Rensink, Annals of Wyoming
"Sarah Deutsch's mammoth new tome on the United States West in the early twentieth century brings a fresh interpretive lens to these decades and draws new connections between familiar events."—Sheila McManus, Histoire Sociale
“Authoritative and empathetic, Sarah Deutsch limns an exclusionary modern West created for white men by white men. In her clear-eyed revision, that West still offered room to challenge division—strong and resourceful women and activists demanding a different, democratic West.”—Anne Hyde, author of Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800–1860, a Pulitzer Prize finalist
“Epic and breathtaking in scope, Making a Modern U.S. West captures the volatile struggles over land, rights, and democracy. Deutsch vividly reveals how Native peoples and ordinary migrants from around the globe fought for their opportunities and for their aspirations in a world riven by the federal government’s tipping the scales in labor wars, speculative capitalism, and racial exclusion.”—Nayan Shah, author of Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality, and the Law in the North American West
