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

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hausladen, Gary, 1946-
Language:English
Published: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > Historical geography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Ethnic relations.
Ethnology > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Regionalism > West (U.S.)
Physical Description:xiv, 343 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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.