Western historians continue to seek new ways of understanding the
particular mixture of physical territory, human actions, outside
influences, and unique expectations that has made the North
American West what it is today. This collection of twelve essays
tackles the subject of power and place from several angles--Indians
and non-Indians, race and gender, environment and economy--to gain
insight into major forces at work during two centuries of western
history.
The essays, related to one another by their concern with how
power is exercised in, over, and by western places, cover a wide
range of times and topics, from 18th-century Spanish New Mexico to
19th-century British Columbia to 20th-century Sun Valley and Los
Angeles. They encompass analyses of the concept and rhetoric of
race, theoretical speculations on gender and powerlessness, and
insights on the causes of current environmental crises.
"Perhaps the most important thing about this book of essays is
the intellectual daring of the editors and the contributors in
tackling the extremely important but extremely difficult linkage of
power and place in the West. This is an admirable example of
innovative, pioneering scholarship."--Richard M. Brown, University
of Oregon
"A fine collection of provocative essays. The apparently
straightforward term 'power, ' like 'place, ' offers multiple
angles of understanding and opens our appreciation of the splendid
complexity of these topics."--Elliott West, University of
Arkansas
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