Native peoples and the encounter with the European frontier -- "Civilizing" the Northwest: 1850-1885 -- Northwest frontier: economy and settlement, 1880-1896 -- Peopling the "Last best West": 1896-1913 -- Pioneer moment: building the rural core -- Boom years (1896-1913): politics, cities, and resource development -- Great war and after: the fervent years, 1914-1921 -- Transitional twenties: struggling with change -- Crisis years and the rise of social credit -- World War II and the beginnings of transformation: 1940-1947 -- Oil and the birth of modern Alberta: 1947-1971 -- Boom and bust: the lougheed years and after

1. Alberta -- History