Western places, American myths : how we think about the West / Gary J. Hausladen, editor.

Contributor Hausladen, Gary, 1946-

Imprint:Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2003.

Descriptionxiv, 343 p. : illus. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Note:Understanding western places : the historical geographer's view / William Wyckoff. - An inescapable range, or the ranch as everywhere / Paul F. Starrs. - Land tenure : the spatial musculature of the American West / John B. Wright. - National significance : representation of the West in the National Park System / Lary M. Dilsaver. - Mormon Wests : the creation and evolution of an American region / Richard H. Jackson. - Mex-America : from margin to mainstream / Terrence W. Haverluk. - Native America : the indigenous West / Akim D. Reinhardt. - Narrating imperial adventure : Isabella Bird's travels in the nineteenth-century American West / Karen M. Morin. - The return of the one-armed bandit : gambling and the West / Paulina Raento. - Magical realism : the West as spiritual playground / Peter Goin. - "Good, by god, we're going to Bodie!" : ghost towns and the american West / Dydia Delyser. - Where the cowboy rides away : mythic places for western film / Gary J. Hausladen.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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