The New Western History: An Assessment

by Forrest G. Robinson

Book Overview

Established barely a decade ago, the New Western History has retold the story of the American West from the point of view of the oppressed, colonized, and conquered. Scholars led by William Cronon, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Richard White, and Donald Worster have challenged the Turnerian myth of the frontier and have forced scholars to reexamine their understanding of the region. Now seven scholars in American Studies, English, women's studies, philosophy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816519153
• ISBN13: 9780816519156
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 218 Pages