The New Western History

The New Western History
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0816519161
ISBN-13 : 9780816519163
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Book Synopsis The New Western History by : Forrest Glen Robinson

Download or read book The New Western History written by Forrest Glen Robinson and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven scholars examine the work of the "new western" historians, who retell the story of the American West from the point of view of the oppressed and colonized, and discuss ways to expand the horizons of this new approach to include fiction, literature by women, racial categories, writers who presaged the movement, popular culture, and natural history.


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