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Embry, Jessie L., Cannon, Brian Q. - Immigrants in the Far West: Historical Identities and Experiences - 9781607813804 - V9781607813804
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Immigrants in the Far West: Historical Identities and Experiences

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Description for Immigrants in the Far West: Historical Identities and Experiences Paperback. 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. Contributors illuminate factors that have galvanized immigration and the ways that agency, cultural resources, institutions, and societal attitudes have shaped immigrant experiences. Editor(s): Embry, Jessie L.; Cannon, Brian Q. Num Pages: 520 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
This 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607813804
SKU
V9781607813804
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About Embry, Jessie L., Cannon, Brian Q.
Jessie L. Embry is recently retired from her positions as associate research professor, associate director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, USA, and director of the center’s oral history program. Most recently she edited the volume Oral History, Community, and Work in the American West. Brian Q. Cannon is professor of history and ... Read more

Reviews for Immigrants in the Far West: Historical Identities and Experiences
"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 ... Read more

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