Francaviglia looks anew at the geographical-historical context of the driving of the golden spike...

Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhab...

The series, established by one of the twentieth-century West's most distinguished historians, Leo...

The austere landscape of the Great Basin has inspired diverse responses from the people who have ...

Working with the premise that there are much meaning and value in the "e;repelling beauty&quo...

As an archetype for an entire class of places, Main Street has become one of America's most popul...

The Great Basin was the last region of continental North America to be explored and mapped, and i...

A thoroughgoing analysis of the labor history and culture of an American company town.

Widely regarded as the driest place on earth, the seemingly desolate Atacama Desert of Chile is a...

“The story of the ships, mariners, and ports that formed a vital connection between Texas a...

This book critically examines how movies that feature real or imagined explorers and expeditions ...

Second Place, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of TexasThe Gulf Coast has been a pri...