Western places, American myths
Subtitle: how we think about the West
By: Gary J. Hausladen, editor.
Contributors: Hausladen, Gary, 1946-
Series: Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities; Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities (Unnumbered)
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Ethnology -- West (U.S.); Regionalism -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Historical geography; West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding western places : the historical geographer's view / William Wyckoff; title: An inescapable range, or the ranch as everywhere / Paul F. Starrs; title: Land tenure : the spatial musculature of the American West / John B. Wright; title: National significance : representation of the West in the National Park System / Lary M. Dilsaver; title: Mormon Wests : the creation and evolution of an American region / Richard H. Jackson; title: Mex-America : from margin to mainstream / Terrence W. Haverluk; title: Native America : the indigenous West / Akim D. Reinhardt; title: Narrating imperial adventure : Isabella Bird's travels in the nineteenth-century American West / Karen M. Morin; title: The return of the one-armed bandit : gambling and the West / Pauliina Raento; title: Magical realism : the West as spiritual playground / Peter Goin; title: "Good, by god, we're going to Bodie!" : ghost towns and the american West / Dydia Delyser; title: Where the cowboy rides away : mythic places for western film / Gary J. Hausladen.