The Oxford History of the American West

Name: The Oxford History of the American West
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780195112122-G
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When we think of the American West, we tend to conjure up images that are known the world over: bearded forty-niners leading pack mules up a mountain trail, the Oklahoma land stampede, Custer's Last Stand, and especially the range-riding, quick-shooting cowboy. But these familiar images are only a small part of a story that stretches across centuries and embraces many voices and contrasting cultures.
Lavishly illustrated and based on the finest scholarship, The Oxford History of the American West is the first comprehensive study to do full justice to the rich complexity of this region. It brings together the work of twenty-eight leading western historians who explore this area from a dazzling number of perspectives. Providing distinctive portraits of all the peoples of the West, and following the frontier as it moves across terrains ranging from the Dakota Badlands to the icycliffs of Glacier Bay, Alaska, this lively volume discusses economics, politics, family life, and popular culture (including the West in fiction and in art), continually challenging the familiar as it broadens the reader's understanding of a vast and varied region.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 885
Release Date:: 1996-09-19
Publication Date:: 1996-12-31
Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0195112121
ISBN13:: 9780195112122
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 1451 g
Height:: 189 cm
Width:: 246 cm
Thickness:: 44 cm

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