Western places, American myths : how we think about the West / Gary J. Hausladen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hausladen, Gary, 1946-

Series:

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered)

Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West (U.S.)--Historical geography.

West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

West (U.S.)--Ethnic relations.

Ethnology--West (U.S.).

Ethnology.

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

Regionalism--West (U.S.).

Regionalism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 343 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2003]

Summary:

A dozen scholars from several disciplines examine popular perceptions about the West in their quest to interpret the region's geography.

Contents:

Understanding western places : the historical geographer's view / William Wyckoff

An inescapable range, or the ranch as everywhere / Paul F. Starrs

Land tenure : the spatial musculature of the American West / John B. Wright

National significance : representation of the West in the National Park System / Lary M. Dilsaver

Mormon Wests : the creation and evolution of an American region / Richard H. Jackson

Mex-America : from margin to mainstream / Terrence W. Haverluk

Native America : the indigenous West / Akim D. Reinhardt

Narrating imperial adventure : Isabella Bird's travels in the nineteenth-century American West / Karen M. Morin

The return of the one-armed bandit : gambling and the West / Pauliina Raento

Magical realism : the West as spiritual playground / Peter Goin

"Good, by god, we're going to Bodie!" : ghost towns and the american West / Dydia Delyser

Where the cowboy rides away : mythic places for western film / Gary J. Hausladen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0874175313

OCLC:

50730824