Creating the West : historical interpretations 1890-1990 : the [6th] Calvin P. Horn lectures in western history and culture, University of New Mexico, September 30-October3, 1990

Reassesment of what settling the West has meant to America. Author is presidential professor of history at the Univerfsity of New Mexico. Published by University of New Mexico Press This Book Appears At A Time Of Radical Reassessment Of What Settling The West Has Meant In American History. Amidst Questions Now Being Asked About Violence And Exploitation As Leitmotifs In Western History, It Is More Important Than Ever To Understand Historians And Their Biases. In This Interpretive Synthesis, A Major Historian Argues That The Visions Of The West Held By Successive Generations Of Historians Were As Important As The Historical Record In Shaping Their Writings. - Jacket Flap. Introduction -- The West As Frontier, 1890-1945 -- The West As Frontier, 1945-1990 -- The West As Region, 1890-1990 -- The West As Utopia And Myth, 1890-1990 -- Conclusion. Gerald D. Nash. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 279-300) And Index.