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The Political Culture of the New West
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Hardcover. Explores how westerners have expanded the boundaries of the political and emerged as a harbinger of America's electoral future. This book portrays a politically heterogeneous region and shows how its multiple traditions have strongly shaped the nation's body politic. Editor(s): Roche, Jeff. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
From wildcatting Texas oilmen to Colorado rock climbers, from hipster capitalists to populist moralizers, westerners have proven themselves to be a highly individualistic breed of American - as much in their politics as in their vocations or lifestyles. This first book on the landscape of the American West's politics looks beyond red state/blue state assumptions to explore how westerners have expanded the boundaries of the political and emerged as a harbinger of America's electoral future.Representing a wide range of specialties - popular culture, business history, the environment, ethnic history, agriculture, and more - these authors portray a politically heterogeneous region ... Read more
From wildcatting Texas oilmen to Colorado rock climbers, from hipster capitalists to populist moralizers, westerners have proven themselves to be a highly individualistic breed of American - as much in their politics as in their vocations or lifestyles. This first book on the landscape of the American West's politics looks beyond red state/blue state assumptions to explore how westerners have expanded the boundaries of the political and emerged as a harbinger of America's electoral future.Representing a wide range of specialties - popular culture, business history, the environment, ethnic history, agriculture, and more - these authors portray a politically heterogeneous region ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616138
SKU
V9780700616138
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About
Jeff Roche is associate professor of history at the College of Wooster. His books include Cowboy Conservatism and The Conservative Sixties, coedited with David Farber.
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