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This edited volume takes stories from the "modern West" of the late twentieth century and carefully pulls them toward the present--explicitly tracing continuity with and unexpected divergence from trajectories established in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Genre |
: HISTORY |
Author |
: Brenden W. Rensink |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Release |
: 2022 |
File |
: 418 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781496230430 |
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In 1893 Frederick Jackson Turner famously argued that the generational process of meeting and conquering the supposedly uncivilized western frontier is what forged American identity. In the late twentieth century, “new western” historians dissected the mythologized western histories that Turner and others had long used to embody American triumph and progress. While Turner’s frontier is no more, the West continues to present America with challenging processes to wrestle, navigate, and overcome. The North American West in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Brenden W. Rensink, takes stories of the late twentieth-century “modern West” and carefully pulls them toward the present—explicitly tracing continuity with or unexpected divergence from trajectories established in the 1980s and 1990s. Considering a broad range of topics, including environment, Indigenous peoples, geography, migration, and politics, these essays straddle multiple modern frontiers, not least of which is the temporal frontier between our unsettled past and uncertain future. These forays into the twenty-first-century West will inspire more scholars to pull histories to the present and by doing so reinsert scholarly findings into contemporary public awareness.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Brenden W. Rensink |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Release |
: 2022-11 |
File |
: 419 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781496233288 |
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"Abbott offers a fruitful new way to read science fiction, one that also greatly enriches our understanding of western history and its impact on our collective imagination. Detailing the overlap of science fiction and western fiction - especially relating to their mutual interest in and concerns about frontier expansionism - he reveals an unsuspected common ground that informs the writings of both camps." "Reviewing the work of many Hugo and Nebula Award winners, as well as drawing upon popular film and television series (like the Buck Rogers serials), Abbott's study journeys across the far reaches of science fiction's universe."
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Genre |
: Alternative histories (Fiction), American |
Author |
: Carl Abbott |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2006 |
File |
: 248 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCSC:32106018584331 |
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Burton dissects the irreconcilable conflict of interest within the Interior Department (between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs). He also examines the methods of managing disputes in contemporary cases and offers original policy recommendations that include establishing an Indian Water Rights Commission to help with the paradoxical task now facing the federal government--restoring to tribes the water resources it earlier helped give away.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Law |
Author |
: Lloyd Burton |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1991 |
File |
: 200 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015021992568 |
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Systematically exploring the dynamic interface between Mexico and the United States, this comprehensive survey considers the historical development, current politics, society, economy, and daily life of the border region. Now fully updated and revised, the book analyzes the economic cycles and social movements from the 1880s that created this distinctive borderlands region and propelled it into the twenty-first century and a globalizing world. Richly illustrated with photographs, maps, and tables, the book concludes with an analysis of key borderlands issues that range from the environment to migration to national security.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Paul Ganster |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Release |
: 2008 |
File |
: 256 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UVA:X030254649 |
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Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. Michael L. Johnson considers how that obsession originated, how it has determined attitudes toward and activities in the West, and how it has changed over the centuries.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Michael L. Johnson |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2007 |
File |
: 564 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UVA:X030112643 |
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Conference report on future employment and labour relations in the USA - covers economic forecasting, effects of technological change, the fate of collective bargaining and workers participation, labour force projections, emphasis on service sector, the role of woman workers, changing value systems and life style, etc. Bibliography pp. 223 to 225 and graphs. Conference held in richmond 1979.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Business & Economics |
Author |
: Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration |
Publisher |
: New York ; Toronto : Wiley |
Release |
: 1980 |
File |
: 264 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCAL:B4266118 |
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The Housing Act of 1949 called for a "decent home and suitable living environment" for every American. The progress toward this goal over the last fifty years is generally a story of success. Kent Colton documents the remarkable progress in the areas of housing production, homeownership, and rental housing, the transformation of the nation's housing finance system, the role of government, and the place of housing in the economy. However, significant challenges remain and new issues have arisen. This work looks to the future using case studies developed during the author's fifteen-year tenure as head of the National Association of Home Builders and includes discussions of real-world problems and the people involved. Highlighting the process of developing and implementing housing policy given the great challenges of working with many diverse interests, the author outlines a housing policy framework based on a set of principles for achieving common ground.
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Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: Kent W. Colton |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2003 |
File |
: 648 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105111897620 |
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Genre |
: Trees |
Author |
: Charles Sprague Sargent |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1895 |
File |
: 302 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015020125616 |
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This reader explores the problems, importance and results of comparing the Canadian and American Wests, critically examining how we conceptualize the history and development of the West and how that influences our perceptions. This volume will provide an excellent introduction to this burgeoning area of study as it endeavors to engage the imaginations of those who are new to the subject.
Product Details :
Genre |
: History |
Author |
: C. L. Higham |
Publisher |
: Calgary : University of Calgary Press |
Release |
: 2004 |
File |
: 212 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UVA:X004805229 |