Many Wests: Place, Culture, and Regional Identity
"Breaks new ground in the study of the American West. A must book for all students of western history and culture."--Richard W. Etulain, author ofReimagining the Modern American West"The toughest job in western studies today is deciding just what the West is and how its maddeningly diverse parts stand alone yet fit together. In this fine book David Wrobel, Michael Steiner, and a baker's dozen of other writers have raised the vital questions and have helped us toward elusive answers."--Elliott West, author ofThe Way to the West"Besides cutting-edge scholarship, this book offers a multidimensional view of the West and regionalism. From the mountains to the Plains, men to women, one racial-ethnic group or social class to another, its interdisciplinary experts report, speculate, and suggest what it has meant to be western not only to the peoples who live in the West but to the nation as a whole."--Glenda Riley, author ofThe Female Frontier"Highly stimulating, wide-ranging, and well written. To understand America one must understand the West (in its many forms), and this book helps greatly."--Walter Nugent, author ofCrossings: The Great Transatlantic Migrations