{"product_id":"power-and-place-in-the-north-american-west-9780295996639","title":"Power and Place in the North American West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestern historians continue to seek new ways of understanding the particular mixture of physical territory, human actions, outside influences, and unique expectations that has made the North American West what it is today. This collection of twelve essays tackles the subject of power and place from several anglesIndians and non-Indians, race and gender, environment and economyto gain insight into major forces at work during two centuries of western history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays, related to one another by their concern with how power is exercised in, over, and by western places, cover a wide range of times and topics, from 18th-century Spanish New Mexico to 19th-century British Columbia to 20th-century Sun Valley and Los Angeles. They encompass analyses of the concept and rhetoric of race, theoretical speculations on gender and powerlessness, and insights on the causes of current environmental crises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e PART 1: INDIANS AND NON-INDIANS\u003cbr\u003e Coboway's Tale: A Story of Power and Place Along the Columbia\u003cbr\u003e Violence, Justice, and State Power in the New Mexican Borderlands, 1780-1880\u003cbr\u003e Making \"Indians\" in British Columbia: Power, Race, and the Importance of Place\u003cbr\u003e PART 2: RACE IN THE URBAN WEST\u003cbr\u003e Federal Power and Racial Politics in Los Angeles During World War II\u003cbr\u003e Race, Rhetoric, and Regional Identity: Boosting Los Angeles, 1880-1930\u003cbr\u003e Recasting Identities: American-born Chinese and Nisei in the Era of the Pacific War\u003cbr\u003e PART 3: ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY\u003cbr\u003e Tourism as Colonial Economy: Power and Place in Western Tourism\u003cbr\u003e Creating Wealth by Consuming Place: Timber Management on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest\u003cbr\u003e \"Politics Is at the Bottom of the Whole Thing\": Spatial Relations of Power in Oregon Salmon Management\u003cbr\u003e Natures Industries: The Rhetoric of Industrialism in the Oregon Country\u003cbr\u003e PART 4: GENDER IN THE URBAN WEST\u003cbr\u003e Lighting Out for the Territory: Women, Mobility and Western Place\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MV - University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090670711127,"sku":"9780295996639","price":110.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295996639.jpg?v=1762273018","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/power-and-place-in-the-north-american-west-9780295996639","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}