Across the Great Divide: Cultures of Manhood in the American West
Provocative, engaging and masterful,Across the GreatDivideis simply superb.  Bringing together essays from distinguished scholars and rising stars, this benchmark collection is an exciting contribution to the study of gender, one that will be read and discussed for years to come. -- Vicki Ruiz,Arizona State UniversityThis path-breaking collection of the best new scholarship on manhood in the American West takes us a refreshing distance across the great divide between myth and history.  For anyone who finds real men more interesting than desperados and the Malboro Man,Across the GreatDividewill be an engrossing read. -- Elizabeth Jameson,University of CalgaryThese essays make an important contribution to our understanding of how masculinity was constructed and contested in the American West, a process that contributed to a national construction of gender that linked racism, nationalism, and masculinity in complex ways. -- Theda Perdue,University of North Carolina,Chapel HillIn this expansive and path-breaking collection, western manhood escapes from all stereotypes.  Brilliant essays offer fresh insights into the meanings of manhood for a wide range of westerners from diverse class, ethnic and racial backgrounds.Across the Great Divideexamines several great divides: male/female, white/non-white, working class/middle class, east/west.  The book is a must for anyone interested in gender, diversity, the west-and great stories. -- Elaine Tyler May,Universityof MinnesotaThis path-breaking collection of the best new scholarship on manhood in the American West takes us a refreshing distance across the great divide between myth and history.  For anyone who finds real men more interesting than desperados and the Marlboro Man,Across the GreatDividewill be an engrossing read. -- Elizabeth Jameson,University of Calgary...intriguing both for what we canlearn about the history of masculinity and for the ways in which familiar western chronologies and mythologies continue to shape historical scholarship.this is an important volume and a terrifically useful introduction to a growing field of scholarship.-Virginia Scharff,University of NewMexico, forThe Journal of American History.Useful insights in this publication. -- American Historical ReviewI hope this fine volume will inspire further scholarship and additional collections of accessible essays... (an) important contribution to a broader understanding of the history of gender in the West. -- American Studies...the collection offers scholars of gender studies and the West a benchmark for future work...[an] important contribution to a broader understanding of the history of gender in the West. -- Journal of Interdisciplinary History