The Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest

Author: Raymond D. Gastil

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-04-23

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0786455918

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The Pacific Northwest--for the purposes of this book mostly Oregon and Washington--has sometimes been seen as lacking significant cultural history. Home to idyllic environmental wonders, the region has been plagued by the notion that the best and brightest often left in search of greater things, that the mainstream world was thousands of miles away--or at least as far south as California. This book describes the Pacific Northwest's search for a regional identity from the first Indian-European contacts through the late twentieth century, identifying those individuals and groups "who at least struggled to give meaning to the Northwest experience." It places particular emphasis on writers and other celebrated individuals in the arts, detailing how their lives and works both reflected the region and also enhanced its sense of self.

The Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest

Author: Carlos A. Schwantes

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 9780803292284

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Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. Recent environmental controversies, such as endangered salmon runs and the spotted owl dispute, have been addressed, as has the effect of the Cold War on the region’s economy. The author has also expanded discussion of the roles of women and minorities and updated statistical information.

Women in Pacific Northwest History
Women in Pacific Northwest History

Author: Karen J. Blair

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2016-06-01

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 0295805803

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This new edition of Karen Blair’s popular anthology originally published in 1989 includes thirteen essays, eight of which are new. Together they suggest the wide spectrum of women’s experiences that make up a vital part of Northwest history.