The West is never fixed. To early settlers the Appalachian
Mountains marked the beginning of the West; by the time of the
Civil War President Lincoln from Illinois was a Westerner, and
President Reagan used the trappings of the cowboy to make himself a
Westerner. But wherever the boundary is drawn, and this monumental
study uses the Mississippi as the most convenient dividing line,
the West has always had an incredible influence on the American
imagination. It is the image of freedom and space, of independence
and wealth and adventure that has fueled everything from
Presidential campaigns to Hollywood movies. The West is America's
mythology. But it is also far more than that, as the distinguished
historians whose essays make up this book demonstrate. This history
reaches from the arrival of the Navajos in the southwest more than
700 years ago to the LA riots in 1992, from the Mormon migrations
to the gold camps of Alaska, from the paintings of Frederic
Remington to the photographs of Ansel Adams. It is comprehensive
and vibrant, a vital and readable account of the West in politics,
economics, family life and popular culture as well as a thrilling
description of set-piece events from Custer's Last Stand to the
Oklahoma dust bowl. (Kirkus UK)
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 icy cliffs 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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