Few writers have written as thoughtfully and extensively on
Oklahoma politics and culture as Richard Lowitt. His work of the
past six decades moves with ease among historical topics as various
as agriculture, health, industry, labor, and the environment,
offering an informed and enlightened perspective. Collected for the
first time in one volume, Lowitt's articles on post-World War II
Oklahoma and notable Oklahomans reveal a remarkable range of the
state's political, environmental, agricultural, civil rights, and
Native American history in the Cold War era. Nowhere else, for
example, is the controversy stirred up by Congressman Mike Synar
recounted so well, and Lowitt's analysis of the decades-long battle
over grazing rights on federal land clarifies the issues
surrounding a topic still in the news today. Likewise, Lowitt's
analysis of Oklahoma's farm crisis in the 1970s and '80s extends
far beyond the state's borders, illuminating significant and subtle
aspects of an artificially engineered agricultural disaster whose
consequences are still felt. His probing of the ""enigma of Mike
Monroney,"" U.S. senator from Oklahoma during the McCarthy period,
yields valuable insights into the political nature of the
politician, the state, and the times. Other articles span decades,
from the development of the Grand River Dam Authority (1935-1964)
to the damming of the Arkansas River to create Kaw Reservoir
(1957-1976) and efforts to improve Indian health in Oklahoma
(1954-1980). Whether discussing environmental and cultural ecology
or plumbing the politics of Fort Sill's entry into the missile age,
Lowitt's articles are broad in scope and unsparing in detail. All
based on the author's research in the Western History Collections
at the University of Oklahoma, these essays form an invaluable
historical repository, put into clarifying context by one of
Oklahoma's most respected historians.
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