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All posts by meganbv. Post #13: Vacation pros and cons. November 29, 2014. Devil’s Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West. Post 12: Bridging Cultural Divides. November 22, 2014. A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek. Can all National Park sites or historic places have every voice heard? Does current history at parks make a good side and bad side? Post #11: A Very Complex Empire. November 16, 2014. November 9, 2014. And Carol’s blog. November 8, 2014. I also sear...
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American West: The Comanche Empire
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Monday, November 17, 2014. Post #8 (Week 10). Book Forum: Pekka Hamalainen’s The Comanche Empire,. 52 (February 2013), 49-90. The February 2013 issue of Histor y and Theory. Features a forum of five historians and Pekka Hamalainen discussing his book looking back from four years after its publication. As is typical of book reviewers, the historians here praise the groundbreaking nature of The Comanche Empire,. Italics in original), a power regime that revolved around a set of mobile activities: long-dist...
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American West: October 2014
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Sunday, October 19, 2014. Post #6: William Robbins, Colony and Empire. Reading Robbins’ book brought to mind several others I’ve read about the West and economic developments. As Robbins notes himself, Colony and Empire. And Michael Malone’s James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest,. Provide more in-depth, and perhaps more balanced, examinations of the role of railroads in the development of the northern tier of the West. (Note: Malone is also author of The. His brief preface primarily attempts to ...
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American West
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Sunday, October 19, 2014. Post #6: William Robbins, Colony and Empire. Reading Robbins’ book brought to mind several others I’ve read about the West and economic developments. As Robbins notes himself, Colony and Empire. And Michael Malone’s James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest,. Provide more in-depth, and perhaps more balanced, examinations of the role of railroads in the development of the northern tier of the West. (Note: Malone is also author of The. His brief preface primarily attempts to ...
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American West
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Friday, November 21, 2014. Post 9 (Week 11) As the World Turns: Sand Creek, History, Memory. Reading Ari Kelman’s A Misplaced Massacre Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek. Was a bit like watching a long-running, never-ending soap opera. With an ever-expanding array of characters, some from central casting, entering and leaving the story, Kelman’s book brings to life the truism that history matters, and matters of history are messy. November 23, 2014 at 9:41 AM. November 23, 2014 at 8:59 PM. Mexican ...
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American West: Post 10 (Week 12): Devil’s Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West, Hal K. Rothman – A Few Reviews, A Few Questions
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. Post 10 (Week 12): Devil’s Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West, Hal K. Rothman – A Few Reviews, A Few Questions. I’ll save some of the broader aspects and more substantive critiques in the (nine) reviews of Rothman’s Devil’s Bargains. For our class discussion and instead offer a few particular criticisms. And, taking a cue from Dan Curry’s post on The Comanche Empire. A few weeks ago, I’ll pose a few questions for class discussion as well. Brings our stud...
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American West: November 2014
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. Post 10 (Week 12): Devil’s Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American West, Hal K. Rothman – A Few Reviews, A Few Questions. I’ll save some of the broader aspects and more substantive critiques in the (nine) reviews of Rothman’s Devil’s Bargains. For our class discussion and instead offer a few particular criticisms. And, taking a cue from Dan Curry’s post on The Comanche Empire. A few weeks ago, I’ll pose a few questions for class discussion as well. Brings our stud...
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American West: December 2014
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Monday, December 8, 2014. Post the Last: "Artists and Gender Matters in the Indian Southwest: Promoting Tourism the Santa Fe/Harvey Way". Had I the time and motivation to pursue this interest further, I'd think I'd look at the evolution of tourism on Native reservations and Pueblos, particularly as tribes began to take over the tour business for themselves. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Post the Last: Artists and Gender Matters in the. History 616: American West.
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American West
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Monday, December 8, 2014. Post the Last: "Artists and Gender Matters in the Indian Southwest: Promoting Tourism the Santa Fe/Harvey Way". Had I the time and motivation to pursue this interest further, I'd think I'd look at the evolution of tourism on Native reservations and Pueblos, particularly as tribes began to take over the tour business for themselves. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Post the Last: Artists and Gender Matters in the. History 616: American West.
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American West: Post #7 (Week 9): Richard White's Railroaded
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Sunday, November 9, 2014. Post #7 (Week 9): Richard White's Railroaded. Stanford University historian Richard White's Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America. Written with an educated lay audience in mind, Railroaded. Italics mine] (244); the Post Office was a model organization, something that “may be impossible for modern Americans to imagine” (333) – what do these and other snarky ripostes and petty details add to the book? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). AmWest Final Po...
