Terra Northwest : interpreting people and place

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Terra Northwest : interpreting people and place / edited by David H. Stratton.

Stratton, David H. (David Hodges), 1927- (editor.).

Summary:

"Eleven experts from the United States and Canada explore society, culture, and change in the great, resource-laden Northwest. Essays examine European coastal exploration, American and Canadian comparative development, political and constitutional foundations, economic globalization; gendered and class history, and perspectives on the region's Native American, black, Asian American, and Hispanic citizenry. Included are contributions by Susan Armitage, Kenneth S. Coates, James M. Dolliver, Gordon Hirabayashi, Alvin M. Josephy Jr., Howard R. Lamar, John McClelland Jr., E. Mark Moreno, Quintard Taylor, David J. Weber, and Donald Worster.

Terra Northwest continues the Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Lecture Series of publications examining essential aspects of Northwest history."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780874222913
ISBN: 0874222915
Physical Description: xi, 220 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Pullman, Wash. : WSU Press/Washington State University Press, ©2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Distinguished Lecture Series publications"--Page [ii].
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Spanish moment in the Pacific Northwest / David J. Weber -- Two faces West : the development of myth in Canada and the United States / Donald Worster -- Almost Columbia, triumphantly Washington / John McClelland Jr. -- Statehood : symbol of a new era / Howard R. Lamar -- Matter of context : the Pacific Northwest in world history / Kenneth S. Coates -- American Indian and freedom of religion : an historic appraisal / Alvin M. Josephy Jr. -- Mind of the founders : an assessment of the Washington Constitution of 1889 / James M. Dolliver -- Growing up American in the Pacific Northwest / Gordon Hirabayashi -- "There was no better place to go" : African-American migration, 1940-1950 / Quintard Taylor -- Mexican-American street gangs, migration, and violence in the Yakima Valley / E. Mark Moreno -- Rethinking the region : gender, race, and class in Pacific Northwest history / Susan Armitage.