Hell of a Vision by Robert Dorman

Hell of a Vision by Robert Dorman

The American West has taken on a rich and evocative array of regional identities since the late nineteenth century. Wilderness wonderland, Hispanic borderland, homesteader's frontier, cattle kingdom, urban dynamo, Native American homeland. Hell of a Vision explores the evolution of these diverse identities during the twentieth century, revealing how Western regionalism has been defined by generations of people seeking to understand the West's vast landscapes and varied cultures.

Focusing on the American West from the 1890s up to the present, Dorman provides us with a wide-ranging view of the impact of regionalist ideas in pop culture and diverse fields such as geography, land-use planning, anthropology, journalism, and environmental policy-making.

Going well beyond the realm of literature, Dorman broadens the discussion by examining a unique mix of texts. He looks at major novelists such as Cather, Steinbeck, and Stegner, as well as leading Native American writers. But he also analyzes a variety of nonliterary sources in his book, such as government reports, planning documents, and environmental impact studies.

Hell of a Vision is a compelling journey through the modern history of the American West--a key region in the nation of regions known as the United States.

Robert L. Dorman was born and raised in Oklahoma and has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Oklahoma. He holds a master's degree in library science from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a doctorate in history from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Dorman is the author of It Happened in Oklahoma: Remarkable Events That Shaped History (Globe Pequot Press, 2011). His most recent book is Hell of a Vision: Regionalism and the Modern American West, published in 2012 by the University of Arizona Press. He is currently Associate Professor of Library Science at Oklahoma City University.

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ISBN 13	9780816528509
ISBN 10	0816528500
Title	Hell of a Vision
Author	Robert Dorman
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Arizona Press
Year published	2012-09-30
Number of pages	268
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