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Something in the Soil: Legacies and Reckonings in the New West Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Limerick, Patricia Nelson (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393321029     ISBN-13: 9780393321029
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE: $25.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2001
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Annotation: In "Something in the Soil", Patricia Nelson Limerick travels far outside the usual academic circles to bring Western past and Western present into a spirited union. Whether her topic is the rapid growth in the West today, the patent awfulness of most academic writing, or struggles over the standing of the "Great White Men" of the region's past, Limerick operates on the principle that history is an active presence in the West, layers of collective memory that are, quite literally, "something in the soil". Enlightening and always witty, this wide-ranging collection of essays and arguments from the New West's landmark historian offers an artful journey into its dramatic past and contentious present.

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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: 978
Series: Legacies and Reckonings in the New West
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.4" L (1.05 lbs) 386 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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In Something in the Soil, Patricia Nelson Limerick travels far outside the usual academic circles to bring Western past and Western present into a spirited union. Whether her topic is the rapid growth in the West today, the patent awfulness of most academic writing, or struggles over the standing of the Great White Men of the region's past, Limerick operates on the principle that history is an active presence in the West, layers of collective memory that are, quite literally, something in the soil. Enlightening and always witty, this wide-ranging collection of essays and arguments from the New West's landmark historian offers an artful journey into its dramatic past and contentious present.

Contributor Bio(s): Limerick, Patricia Nelson: - Patricia Nelson Limerick is a professor of history and chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
 
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