The Cowboy Encyclopedia
Title | The Cowboy Encyclopedia PDF eBook |
Author | Richard W. Slatta |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393314731 |
Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.
Memories and Migrations
Title | Memories and Migrations PDF eBook |
Author | Vicki Ruíz |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Community life |
ISBN | 0252074785 |
Shaping a new understanding of Latina identity formation
The Southwestern Reporter
Title | The Southwestern Reporter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1008 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
Purview Southwest
Title | Purview Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | Southwest and Texas Popular Culture Associations. Meeting |
Publisher | |
Pages | 393 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Popular culture |
ISBN |
Writing the Range
Title | Writing the Range PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Jameson |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 676 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780806129525 |
In mythic sagas of the American West, the wide western range offers boundless opportunity to profile a limited cast of white men. In this pathbreaking anthology, Jameson and Armitage brings together 29 essays which present the story of women from that era. Clearly written and accessible, "Writing the Range" makes a major contribution to ethnic history, women's history, and interpretations of the American West. 27 illustrations. 3 maps.
Television Histories
Title | Television Histories PDF eBook |
Author | Gary R. Edgerton |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2014-10-17 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 081315829X |
From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A&E's Biography series to CNN, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What falsehoods enter our collective memory as truths? How is one to know what is real and what is imagined—or ignored—by producers, directors, or writers? Gary Edgerton and Peter Rollins have collected a group of essays that answer these and many other questions. The contributors examine the full spectrum of historical genres, but also institutions such as the History Channel and production histories of such series as The Jack Benny Show, which ran for fifteen years. The authors explore the tensions between popular history and professional history, and the tendency of some academics to declare the past "off limits" to nonscholars. Several of them point to the tendency for television histories to embed current concerns and priorities within the past, as in such popular shows as Quantum Leap and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. The result is an insightful portrayal of the power television possesses to influence our culture.
A Bibliographic Guide to North American Industry
Title | A Bibliographic Guide to North American Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Dale A. Stirling |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2009-03-26 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0810867028 |
With a view toward the heritage of North American Industry, A Bibliographic Guide to North American Industry: History, Health, and Hazardous Waste provides recommended readings in historical and contemporary literature related to the origins of specific industries, the health and safety issues they face, and how they manage waste and prevent pollution. It encompasses three areas of industry that are critical to understanding the whole of industry: historical development, protection of worker health, and management of associated hazardous substances and materials. This publication serves the reference needs of researchers examining issues of historical development of industry, worker exposure to hazardous substances and materials, and historic and contemporary management of hazardous wastes. The book is unique in using the North American Industrial Classification System as a framework for organizing bibliographic entries. Attorneys, historians, economists, and all others interested in historical and contemporary issues facing North American industry find here a useful and important resource.