The Poet and the Gilded Age
The Poet and the Gilded Age

Author: Robert Harris Walker

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1512819182

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915

Author: Kevin Starr

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1986-12-04

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 0199923256

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Examining California's formative years, this innovative study seeks to discover the origins of the California dream and the social, psychological, and symbolic impact it has had not only on Californians but also on the rest of the country.

The World of the American West
The World of the American West

Author: Gordon Morris Bakken

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-10-04

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 1136931600

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The World of the American West is an innovative collection of original essays that brings the world of the American West to life, and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing region. Twenty scholars incorporate the freshest research in the field to take the history of the American West out of its timeworn "Cowboys and Indians" stereotype right up into the major issues being discussed today, from water rights to the presence of the defense industry. Other topics covered in this heavily illustrated, highly accessible volume include the effects of leisure and tourism, western women, politics and politicians, Native Americans in the twentieth century, and of course, oil. With insight both informative and unexpected, The World of the American West offers perspectives on the latest developments affecting the modern American West, providing essential reading for all scholars and students of the field so that they may better understand the vibrant history of this globally significant, ever-evolving region of North America.