The Culture of Oklahoma

by Howard F. Stein

Book Overview

An in-depth exploration of the culture of Oklahoma. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806125454
• ISBN13: 9780806125459
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Understanding Oklahoma

As a native Oklahoman who has returned after a 35 year absence I found The Culture of Oklahoma to be very enlightening. The essays reinforced each other in an image of a state full of people who undervalue their strengths and whose devotion to individualism and populism keep them underachieving relative to much of the rest of the country. The same culture creates people who are warm, helpful, friendly and perservering. An image which stands out is the contrast of the "dust bowl" image with the reality of a state which is, by and large, lush, green and water rich. One hopes that younger generations of Oklahoma will grow out of the backwards parts of their past while retaining the positives.