An informative and thought-provoking examination of the Wild West's foreign tours, The Popular Frontier offers new insight into late-nineteenth-century gender politics and ethnicity, the development of American nationalism, and the simultaneous rise of a global mass culture.
A standard reference on horse breeds, illustrated and updated
Explores the deployment and transformation of the frontier myth by four US presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson,... Læs mere
Sanora Babb's long-hidden novel Whose Names Are Unknown tells an intimate story of the High Plains farmers who fled drought dust storms during the Great Depression.... Læs mere
By emphasizing Indigenous agency in a rapidly changing world, Cherokee Power challenges long-standing ideas about the power and reach of European empires in eighteenth-century North America.
Both a primer for aspiring journalists and an insider's reflection on horse and ranching cultures, this tour de force memoir honours the practice of... Læs mere
At the centre of American history is a hole - a gap where some scholars’ indifference or disdain has too long stood in for the true story of... Læs mere
Reexamines the Spanish conquest of Guatemala to give us a greater appreciation of indigenous involvement in it, and... Læs mere
Following Oklahoma’s flagship school through decades that saw six US presidents, eleven state governors, and five university presidents, Volume 2... Læs mere