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The Historical Dictionary of the American Frontier covers early
Euro-American exploration and development of frontiers in North
America but not only the lands that would eventually be
incorporated into the Unites States it also includes the multiple
North American frontiers explored by Spain, France, Russia,
England, and others. The focus is upon Euro-American activities in
frontier exploration and development, but the roles of indigenous
peoples in these processes is highlighted throughout. The history
of this period is covered through a chronology, an introductory
essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has
over 300 cross-referenced entries on explorers, adventurers,
traders, religious orders, developers, and indigenous peoples. This
book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and
anyone wanting to know more about the development of the American
frontier.
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.
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.
American Indians have long played a central role in Mormon history
and its narratives. Their roles, however, have often been cast in
support of traditional Mormon beliefs and as a reaffirmation of
colonial discourses. This collection of essays, many the result of
a seminar hosted by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at
Brigham Young University, explores the historical and cultural
complexities of this narrative from a decolonizing perspective.
Essays cover the historical construction of the ""Lamanite,""
settler colonialism and the Book of Mormon, and connections between
the Seneca leader Handsome Lake and Joseph Smith. Authors also
address American Indian Mormon tribal identities, Navajo and Mormon
participation at the dedication of Glen Canyon Dam, the impact of
Mormon Polynesian missionaries in Dine Bike yah, the ISPP, and
other topics. Prominent American Indian Mormon voices lend their
creative work and personal experiences to the book. With the aim of
avoiding familiar narrative patterns of settler colonialism,
contributors seek to make American Indians the subjects rather than
the objects of discussion in relation to Mormons, presenting new
ways to explore and reframe these relationships.
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