Power and place in the North American West

Book

Power and place in the North American West / edited by Richard White and John M. Findlay.

White, Richard, 1947- (Added Author). Findlay, John M., 1955- (Added Author).

Summary:

"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."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0295977744 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780295977744 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0295977736 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780295977737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xx, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, c1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Coboway's tale : a story of power and places along the Columbia / James P. Ronda -- Violence, justice, and state power in the New Mexican borderlands, 1780-1880 / James F. Brooks -- Making "Indians" in British Columbia : power, race, and the importance of place / John Lutz -- Federal power and racial politics in Los Angeles during World War II / Kevin Allen Leonard -- Race, rhetoric, and regional identity : boosting Los Angeles, 1880-1930 / William Deverell and Douglas Flamming -- Recasting identities : American-born Chinese and Nisei in the era of the Pacific War / Chris Friday -- Tourism as colonial economy : power and place in western tourism / Hal Rothman -- Creating wealth by consuming place : timber management on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest / Paul W. Hirt -- "Politics is at the bottom of the whole thing" : spatial relations of power in Oregon salmon management / Joseph E. Taylor III -- Nature's industries : the rhetoric of industrialism in the Oregon country / William G. Robbins -- Lighting out for the territory : women, mobility, and western place / Virginia Scharff.