Many Wests

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Many Wests

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Author : David M. Wrobel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Many Wests written by David M. Wrobel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.

What does it mean to live in the West today? Do people tend to identify with states, with regions, or with the larger West? This book examines the development of regional identity in the American West, demonstrating that it is a regionally diverse entity made up of many different wests—Great Plains, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, and more—in which American regionalism finds its fullest expression. These fourteen original essays tell how a sense of place emerged among residents of various regions and how a sense of those places was developed by people outside of them. Wrobel and Steiner first offer a compelling overview of the West's regional nature; then thirteen other rising or renowned scholars-from history, American Studies, geography, and literature-tell how regional consciousness formed among inhabitants of particular regions. All of the essays address the larger issue of the centrality of place in determining social and cultural forms and individual and collective identities. Some focus on race and culture as the primary influences on regional consciousness while others emphasize environmental and economic factors or the influence of literature. Some even examine western regionalism in areas that lie beyond the West as it has traditionally been conceived. Each of the contributors believes that where a people live helps determine what they are, and they write not only about the many wests within the larger West, but also about the constant state of flux in which regionalism exists. Many books speak of the West as a place, but few others deal with the West's different places. Many Wests presents a vision of the West that reflects both the common heritage and unique character of each major subregion, building on the revisionist impulse of the last decade to help redirect New Western History toward an appreciation of regional diversity and integrate scholarship in the regional subfields. It is a book for everyone who lives in, studies, or loves the West, for it confirms that it is home to very different peoples, economies, histories—and regions.

Promised Lands

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Author : David M. Wrobel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Promised Lands written by David M. Wrobel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Whether seen as a land of opportunity or as paradise lost, the American West took shape in the nation's imagination with the help of those who wrote about it; but two groups who did much to shape that perception are often overlooked today. Promoters trying to lure settlers and investors to the West insisted that the frontier had already been tamed-that the only frontiers remaining were those of opportunity. Through posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other printed pieces, these boosters literally imagined places into existence by depicting backwater areas as settled, culturally developed regions where newcomers would find none of the hardships associated with frontier life. Quick on their heels, some of the West's original settlers had begun publishing their reminiscences in books and periodicals and banding together in pioneer societies to sustain their conception of frontier heritage. Their selective memory focused on the savage wilderness they had tamed, exaggerating the past every bit as much as promoters exaggerated the present. Although they are generally seen today as unscrupulous charlatans and tellers of tall tales, David Wrobel reveals that these promoters and reminiscers were more significant than their detractors have suggested. By exploring the vast literature produced by these individuals from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s, he clarifies the pivotal impact of their works on our vision of both the historic and mythic West. In examining their role in forging both sense of place within the West and the nation's sense of the West as a place, Wrobel shows that these works were vital to the process of identity formation among westerners themselves and to the construction of a "West" in the national imagination. Wrobel also sheds light on the often elitist, sometimes racist legacies of both groups through their characterizations of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In the era Wrobel examines, promoters painted the future of each western place as if it were already present, while the old-timers preserved the past as if it were still present. But, as he also demonstrates, that West has not really changed much: promoters still tout its promise, while old-timers still try to preserve their selective memories. Even relatively recent western residents still tap into the region's mythic pioneer heritage as they form their attachments to place. Promised Lands shows us that the West may well move into the twenty-first century, but our images of it are forever rooted in the nineteenth.

The Mythic West In Twentieth Century America

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Author : Robert G. Athearn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

The Mythic West In Twentieth Century America written by Robert G. Athearn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.

Briefly describes life in the West, and discusses the ephemeral nature of the region, western towns, the tourist industry, agriculture, fiction, and the ecology movement.

From The West

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Author : Chon A. Noriega
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 1995

From The West written by Chon A. Noriega and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Architecture categories.

Red Lodge And The Mythic West

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Author : Bonnie Christensen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Red Lodge And The Mythic West written by Bonnie Christensen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.

"Tracing the story of Red Lodge from the 1880s to the present, Christensen tells how a mining town managed to endure the vagaries of the West's unpredictable extractive-industries economy. She connects Red Lodge to a myriad of larger events and historical forces to show how national and regional influences have contributed to the development of local identities, exploring how and why westerners first rejected and then embraced "western" images, and how ethnicity, wilderness, and historic preservation became part of the identity that defined one town."--BOOK JACKET.

The Devil Is Dead And Scenes In General Dayton S Garden By The Author Of Real People

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Author : Marrion Wilcox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889

The Devil Is Dead And Scenes In General Dayton S Garden By The Author Of Real People written by Marrion Wilcox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with categories.

Montana

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955

Montana written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.

Big Sky Rivers

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Author : Robert Kelley Schneiders
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Big Sky Rivers written by Robert Kelley Schneiders and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

To frame his story, Schneiders goes back to the nineteenth-century journals of fur traders and settlers and in the record of flora, fauna, floods, and human activity he finds evidence of rapid and disruptive change. Bison once had the greatest influence on the land, and Schneiders depicts an original bison and Indian trail networks on which were overlaid the first torts and towns and then the railroads, highways, and reservoirs that reconfigured the region forever.

The Ancient History Of The Egyptians Carthaginians C Transl 1 Vol In 2

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Author : Charles Rollin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881

The Ancient History Of The Egyptians Carthaginians C Transl 1 Vol In 2 written by Charles Rollin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with categories.

The Boy S Own Annual

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914

The Boy S Own Annual written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1914 with Children's periodicals categories.