Description
Book SynopsisThis collection showcases the cutting-edge research and innovative approaches that a new generation of scholars is bringing to the study of immigration in the American West. Often overlooked in general studies of immigration, the western United States has been and remains an important destination. The unique combination of ethnicities and races in the West, combined with political and economic peculiarities, has given the region an immigration narrative that departs significantly from those of the East and Midwest. This volume explores facets of this narrative with case studies that reveal how immigration in the American West has influenced the region’s development culturally, economically, socially, and politically. Contributors illuminate factors that have galvanized immigration and the ways that agency, cultural resources, institutions, and societal attitudes have shaped immigrant experiences. The book’s interdisciplinary framework will make it of broad interest.
Trade Review"The book reveals much of value in better comprehending the impacts of immigration on the region, historically and in the present… With its interdisciplinary approach, particularly connections to sociology, archaeology, economics, political science, and geography, the work will also appeal to non-historians in those and possibly other fields." —Frank Van Nuys, Associate Professor of History, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and author of
Americanizing the West: Race, Immigrants, and Citizenship, 1890-
1930 “This is a very good volume. The essays are well written and appropriate for scholars and lay people alike.”—
The Journal of American History “Thoroughly sourced, factually fresh, and clearly written, the book is a credit to the Redd Center and a serious contribution to immigration history.”
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Montana: The Magazine of Western History “
Immigrants in the Far West makes a significant contribution and deserves recognition for the quality of the scholarship, the range of approaches, and the exploration of the oft-neglected topics.”—
Western Historical Quarterly “This volume does a particularly good job in introducing the reader to historiographical traditions in racial, ethnic, immigration, and western studies and does so while accommodating contributions from other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. ... Worth the efforts of readers seeking an informative introduction to the historical fields covered.”
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Utah Historical Quarterly
