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A new significance : re-envisioning the history of the American West / edited by Clyde A. Milner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West (U.S.)--History--1945-.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945.
- West (U.S.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [1996]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These essays represent a reinterpretation of the American West in terms of the issues and subjects of late 20th century America. The emphasis is on younger scholars. The result is a basic book on the state and direction of Western history.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Envisioning a Second Century of Western History; 1. The Course of Western History's First Century; 2. Fighting Words: The Significance of the American West in the History of the United States; COMMENTARIES: Courage without Illusion; The New Significance of the American West; 3. Significant to Whom?: Mexican Americans and the History of the American West; COMMENTARIES: In Pursuit of a Brown West; Interpreting Voice and Locating Power; 4. A Place of Extremes: Nature, History, and the American West; COMMENTARIES: A Mosaic of Different Environments
- Place versus Region in Western Environmental History5. Significant Lives: Asia and Asian Americans in the U.S. West; COMMENTARIES: Through Western Eyes: Discovering Chinese Women in America; Extending Democracy's Reach; 6. Cultural Filters: The Significance of Perception; COMMENTARIES: Looking West from Here and There; The Shadow of Pikes Peak; 7. Still Native: The Significance of Native Americans in the History of the Twentieth-Century American West; COMMENTARIES: We Are Restored; New Awareness for an Old Significance; 8. ""A Memory Sweet to Soldiers"": The Significance of Gender
- COMMENTARIES: Staring at the SunA Regendered, Reracialized, and Resituated West; 9. Concluding Statements; Through the Prism of Race: The Meaning of African-American History in the West; Reintroducing a Re-envisioned West; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-510048-4
- 1-280-45169-6
- 1-60256-079-X
- 0-19-535658-6
- 1-4237-4072-6
- OCLC:
- 475957216
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