I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. In Search of the Golden West: The Tourist in Western America Earl Pomeroy …
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I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. “Frontierism, Metropolitanism, and Canadian History” J.M. Careless Published one year before Earl Pomeroy’s “Toward …
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I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. “Toward a Reorientation of Western History: Continuity and Environment” Earl Pomeroy Earl Pomeroy, …
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I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920 Edited by William …
This is the 121st post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (June 17, 2019 – June 23, 2019): Free Lula!https://t.co/z3QosYsQd6 — James N. …
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and National Culture, 1820-1920 Anne Farrar Hyde …
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts: Transforming Visions of the American West Jules David Prown, et.al. …
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I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The West of the Imagination William H. Goetzmann and William N. Goetzmann In The West of the …
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I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Otter Skins, Boston Ships, and China Goods James R. Gibson James R. Gibson, Otter …
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I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Selling the Wild West: Popular Western Fiction, 1860 to 1960 Christine Bold The …
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