The story of the American West is that of a journey. It is the story of a movement, of a geographical and human transition, of the delineation of a route that w

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions roote

A first-person meditation on the literary and visual arts of the American West, Westernness: A Meditation explores how this region has developed its own distinc

The Harlem Renaissance, an exciting period in the social and cultural history of the US, has over the past few decades re-established itself as a watershed mome

Describes changes in how the West has been seen, from a male-dominated frontier, to a region with a powerful sense of place, to a modern center of both genders,