The World of the American West is an innovative collection of original essays that brings the world of the American West to life, and conveys the distinctivenes

Addressing everything from the details of everyday life to recreation and warfare, this two-volume work examines the social, political, intellectual, and materi

Shaped by the West is a two-volume primary source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America’s expansion west was t

Describes changes in how the West has been seen, from a male-dominated frontier, to a region with a powerful sense of place, to a modern center of both genders,