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Many Wests: Place, Culture, and Regional Identity by David M. Wrobel,

What does it mean to live in the West today? Do people tend to identify with states, with regions, or with the larger West? This book examines the development of regional identity in the American West, demonstrating that it is a regionally diverse entity made up of many different wests -- Great Plains, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, rocky mountain region of united state and more -- in which American regionalism finds its fullest expression. These fourteen original essays tell how a sense of place emerged among residents of various regions rocky mountain region of united state and how a sense of those places was developed by people outside of them. Wrobel rocky mountain region of united state and Steiner first offer a compelling overview of the West's regional nature; then thirteen other rising or renowned scholars -- from history, American Studies, geography, rocky mountain region of united state and literature -- tell how regional consciousness formed among inhabitants of particular regions. All of the essays address the larger issue of the centrality of place in determining social rocky mountain region of united state and cultural forms rocky mountain region of united state and individual rocky mountain region of united state and collective identities. Some focus on race rocky mountain region of united state and culture as the primary influences on regional consciousness while others emphasize environmental rocky mountain region of united state and economic factors or the influence of literature. Some even examine western regionalism in areas that lie beyond the West as it has traditionally been conceived. Each of the contributors believes that where a people live helps determine what they are, rocky mountain region of united state and they write not only about the many wests within the larger West, but also about the constant state of flux in which regionalism exists. Many books speak of the West as a place, but few others deal with the West's different places. Many Wests presents a vision of the West that reflects both the common heritage rocky mountain region of united state and uniquecharacter of each major subregion, building on the revisionist impulse of the last decade to help redirect New Western History toward an appreciation of regional diversity rocky mountain region of united state and integrate scholarship in the regional subfields.
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