Power and Place in the North American West Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography Pre-Owned Paperback 0295977736 9780295977737 Findlay John M.

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This is a Pre-Owned book. All our books are in Good or better condition. Format: Paperback Author: Findlay John M. ISBN10: 0295977736 ISBN13: 9780295977737 Western historians continue to seek new ways of understanding the particular mixture of physical territory human actions outside influences and unique expectations that has made the North American West what it is today. This collection of twelve essays tackles the subject of power and place from several angles - Indians and non-Indians race and gender environment and economy - to gain insight into major forces at work during two centuries of western history. lt;P gt;The essays related to one another by their concern with how power is exercised in over and by western places cover a wide range of times and topics from 18th-century Spanish New Mexico to 19th-century British Columbia to 20th-century Sun Valley and Los Angeles. They encompass analyses of the concept and rhetoric of race theoretical speculations on gender and powerlessness and insights on the causes of current environmental crises.