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by Jessie L. Embry| 2013| 361 pages| 1.9| English

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Nurses, show girls, housewives, farm workers, casino managers, and government inspectors–together these hard-working members of society contributed to the development of towns across the West. The essays in this volume show how oral history increases understanding of work and community in the twentieth century American West.In many cases occupations brought people together in myriad ways. The Latino workers who picked lemons together in Southern California report that it was baseball and Cinco de Mayo Queen contests that united them. Mormons in Fort Collins, Colorado, say that building a church together bonded them together. In separate essays, African Americans and women describe how they fostered a sense of community in Las Vegas. Native Americans detail the “Indian economy” in Northern California.As these essays demonstrate, the history of the American West is the story of small towns and big cities, places both isolated and heavily populated. It includes groups whose history has often been neglected. Sometimes, western history has mirrored the history of the nation; at other times, it has diverged in unique ways. Oral history adds a dimension that has often been missing in writing a comprehensive history of the West. Here an array of oral historians–including folklorists, librarians, and public historians–record what they have learned from people who have, in their own ways, made history.

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Author:Jessie L. Embry
Publication Year:2013
ISBN:9780816530175
Pages:361
Language:English
File Size:1.9
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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