The Old West: History and Heritage

ISBN	9780761478294       © 2009

Specifications

8½" X 11"; 112 pages per volume; Library Binding

Editor(s)

Edward Countryman

Interest/Age Group

Grades 5+

No. of Volumes

11

List Price

US$ 514.21

Discounted Price

US$ 359.95

The American West—its exploration and settlement, its opportunities and conflicts—fascinates young and old the world over. The attraction of the American West, however, is founded on more than simply its history. The lore of the West has taken on a life of its own, and its imprint can be felt in virtually every area of American life—in Western movies on big and small screens, in Western clothing on people who have never seen sagebrush or heard a coyote howl, and in Western music emanating from radios around the world. This tangle of history and culture, of a living past and a nostalgic present, is at the core of the authoritative articles comprising The Old West: History and Heritage.

Arrangement

-	10 volumes in A–Z format
-	Additional index volume with comprehensive time line and glossary, multiple thematic indexes, comprehensive index, and other resources
-	Volume indexes, glossaries, and guides to further research
-	193 signed articles
-	Articles include
	-	Topic summary
	-	One or more display boxes, including primary source, literature, biographical, film, and feature panels
	-	Movie stills, photographs, diagrams, and other images
	-	List of related articles
	-	Maps
	-	Chronologies

Scope
The Old West: History and Heritage is two resources in one. It includes a comprehensive look at the historical American West and its neighboring territories to the north and south. It also recognizes that when the frontier West of history ended in the early 1900s, the West of myth and legend was already born. In examining the ongoing social and cultural impact of the West—the ways in which memory and myth cooperate and quarrel— and in including the region’s lore alongside its history, The Old West takes a distinctive and imaginative approach to a period and a place unlike any other.

-	Comprehensive time line
-	Comprehensive glossary
-	Resources for further study, including:
	-	Thematically arranged and annotated bibliography
	-	Lists of reliable Internet resources and places to go
	-	Resources for younger readers
-	List and index of maps
-	Biographical index
-	Geographical index
-	Index of Indians and Indian affairs
-	Index of politics, law, treaties, and conflicts
-	Index of popular culture, the arts, and daily life
-	Index of science, technology, exploration, and the environment
-	Comprehensive index

Benefits
Surprising, thought-provoking examination of all aspects of the historical West—from the Northwest Ordinance (1787) to Arizona statehood (1912)—and of the popular West of lore and legend.