Immigrants in the Far West

Jessie L. Embry is recently retired from her positions as associate research professor, associate director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, USA, and director of the center’s oral history program. Most recently she edited the volume Oral History, Community, and Work in the American West.Brian Q. Cannon is professor of history and director of the Charles Redd Center for Western History at Brigham Young University, USA. He holds three editorial positions and is author of Reopening the Frontier: Homesteading in the Modern West and co-editor, with Jessie L. Embry, of Utah in the Twentieth Century.

"The book reveals much of value in better comprehending the impacts of immigration on the region, historically and in the present… With its interdisciplinary approach, particularly connections to sociology, archaeology, economics, political science, and geography, the work will also appeal to non-historians in those and possibly other fields." —Frank Van Nuys, Associate Professor of History, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and author of Americanizing the West: Race, Immigrants, and Citizenship, 1890-1930“This is a very good volume. The essays are well written and appropriate for scholars and lay people alike.”—The Journal of American History“Thoroughly sourced, factually fresh, and clearly written, the book is a credit to the Redd Center and a serious contribution to immigration history.”—Montana: The Magazine of Western History“Immigrants in the Far West makes a significant contribution and deserves recognition for the quality of the scholarship, the range of approaches, and the exploration of the oft-neglected topics.”—Western Historical Quarterly“This volume does a particularly good job in introducing the reader to historiographical traditions in racial, ethnic, immigration, and western studies and does so while accommodating contributions from other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. ... Worth the efforts of readers seeking an informative introduction to the historical fields covered.”—Utah Historical Quarterly