The American West by Robert V Hine

The American West by Robert V Hine

A survey of frontier history, tracing the story from the first Columbian contacts between Indians and Europeans to the multicultural encounters of the modern southwest. It provides details about topics such as western landscapes, environmental movements, literature, arts and film.

"The book is elegantly written, brims with telling details and choice anecdotes, and is simply illustrated with a fine selection of imagesTaken as a whole, Hine and Faragher succeed admirably in providing a unified interpretation of Western American history that recognizes the need to acknowledge and ameliorate legacies of conquest in the West, while looking optimistically towards the future."—Martin Padgett, Times Literary Supplement

"[Hine and Faragher] have come out with a new edition of Hine's very well received The American West; An Interpretive History. The text is a survey of the American West or frontier, broadly defined and examined from many levels. . . . This work will be widely used in classes on the American frontier and West and is highly recommended for academic and public libraries."—Library Journal

"In a stirring and enlightening reexamination of the American West, [Hine and Faragher] gauge the impact of key trends and events—the American Revolution, the multiethnic Gold Rush, the 1867 purchase of Russian America, the U.S.-Mexican War, the New Deal, etc. —in shaping the West's socioeconomic development. The American West of legend, brimming with ruggedly individualistic cowboys, intrepid pioneers and gunslingers, scarcely exists in this myth-shattering history. The real West was and continues to be a land of immigrants and of conflicting and melding cultures. . . . A substantial revision and update of standard history, this gripping, wonderfully accessible populist saga deserves a place on the shelf alongside the works of Howard Zinn, William Appleman Williams, and Ronald Takaki."—Publishers Weekly (A Starred Review)

Winner of the 2000 Western Heritage Award in the non-fiction category

Winner of the 2000 Western Heritage Award in the non-fiction category


Winner of the 2001 Caughey Western History Association Prize


Winner of the 2001 Caughey Western History Association Prize

—A strong, readable, and wide-ranging book."—Elizabeth Jameson, University of New Mexico

"A strong, readable, and wide-ranging book."—Elizabeth Jameson, University of New Mexico

"The authors have a superb eye for telling details and quotations. Much has been done to incorporate a multi-angled perspective and bring in material on women’s, ethnic, and environmental history. This is a very fine book."—Elliott West, University of Arkansas

"The authors have a superb eye for telling details and quotations. Much has been done to incorporate a multi-angled perspective and bring in material on women’s, ethnic, and environmental history. This is a very fine book."—Elliott West, University of Arkansas

Robert V. Hine was professor emeritus of history at the University of California at Riverside and Irvine. John Mack Faragher is Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of History and American Studies at Yale University. Jon T. Coleman is professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.

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ISBN 13	9780300078350
ISBN 10	0300078358
Title	The American West
Author	Robert V Hine
Series	The Lamar Series In Western History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2000-01-11
Number of pages	632
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.