Writing Western History

Essays on Major Western Historians

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Historians of the American West are indebted to the pioneering scholars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries such as Frederick Jackson Turner, Walter Prescott Webb, and Herbert Eugene Bolton. Etulain gathers essays by contemporary historians on ten of these early writers to survey of the evolution of a scholarly field.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-04-15
Mått:154 x 227 x 25 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:University of Nevada Press
ISBN:9780874175172

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Richard W. Etulain is professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico. Past president of both the Western Literature and the Western History Associations, he lives in Portland, Oregon.

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"available introduction to the history - and the uses - of western history." - Ralph Mann, Western Historical Quarterly "This is a key work for understanding the scholars who shaped the historiography of the West over the last 100 years. Superbly edited by Richard W. Etulain, it is simply the best volume of essays ever published on the subject." - Gerald Thompson, Journal of Arizona History "Writing Western History is an outstanding contribution to the historiographical literature of the American West. It should be in every library and read by anyone interested in western history." - John R. Wunder, Montana: The Magazine of Western History