| Showdown in the Big Quiet: Land, Myth, and Government in the American West Contributor(s): Bieter, John P. (Author), Bakken, Gordon Morris (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0896729036 ISBN-13: 9780896729032 Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2015 Click for more in this series: American Liberty & Justice |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Law | Land Use |
| Dewey: 979.6 |
| LCCN: 2014036327 |
| Series: American Liberty & Justice |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.00 lbs) 352 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
| Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2016 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Owyhee County, Idaho, also known as the "Big Quiet," is the largest and least inhabited area in the lower forty-eight states. Who has decided how to use it? From violent mine wars in the mid-nineteenth century to environmental conservation disputes at the end of the twentieth, people in the West have battled over the role of government and notions of American identity to answer this question. Winners ultimately controlled the perception of their battles, often shaping the contours of the next conflict. Similarly, historians debated interpretations of the West. In the early twentieth century, Frederick Jackson Turner argued that interactions on the frontier formed American characteristics of rugged individualism, democracy, aggression, and innovation. The "New" Western historians of the late 1970s attempted to debunk this theory, revealing the racial and ethnic diversity of the West, reminding us of the role of the environment, and documenting how settlers and later corporations conquered land wrested away from Native Americans. While "New" Western historians shot holes in Turner's thesis, the myths of the Old West prevailed. People craved the identity offered in western themed novels, films, and tourism more than historical facts. Showdown in the Big Quiet demonstrates how the "Old West" speaks to the "New" and proves how the power of western mythology moved from background to central character. |
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