In the Pacific Northwest, the river of dominance is the Columbia,
and in ways both profound and mundane its history is the history of
the region. In "Great River of the West" historians and
anthropologists consider a range of topics about the river, from
Indian rock art, Chinook Jargon, and ethnobotany on the Columbia to
literary and family history, the creation of an engineered river,
and the inherent mythic power of place.
Since first contact between Euro-Americans and Native peoples
during the late 18th century, the river's history has been
characterized by dramatic demographic, social, and economic
changes. The remarkable set of essays in Great River of the West
investigate these changes by highlighting important episodes in the
history of the river. Readers meet mariners who challenge the
Columbia River bar, a family torn by insanity, Native people who
preserve fishing traditions, and dam-builders who radically change
the Columbia.
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