ISBN: 0786445408

The Pacific Northwest - composed for the purposes of this book of Oregon, Washington, Western Idaho, and Northwestern Montana - has been accused by many as a region devoid of any signific… Mehr…

The Pacific Northwest - composed for the purposes of this book of Oregon, Washington, Western Idaho, and Northwestern Montana - has been accused by many as a region devoid of any significant cultural history. While it is home to some of the nation's most idyllic environmental wonders, the region has always been plagued by the general notion that the best and brightest often left the area in search of greater things, that the mainstream world 'out there' was generally thousands of miles away - or at least as far south as California. This book describes the Pacific Northwest's search for a regional identity from the first Indian-European contacts through the late twentieth century, identifying those individuals and groups 'who at least struggled to give meaning to the Northwest experience'. It places particular emphasis on nineteenth-century writers and other celebrated individuals in the arts, detailing how their lives and works both reflected the region and also enhanced its sense of self. americas,art,arts music and photography,history,humanities,literary criticism,literary criticism and collections,political science,politics and social sciences,science and math Humanities, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers<

ISBN: 0786445408

[SR: 977224], Paperback, [EAN: 9780786445400], McFarland, McFarland, Book, [PU: McFarland], McFarland, The Pacific Northwest--for the purposes of this book mostly Oregon and Washington--h… Mehr…

[SR: 977224], Paperback, [EAN: 9780786445400], McFarland, McFarland, Book, [PU: McFarland], McFarland, The Pacific Northwest--for the purposes of this book mostly Oregon and Washington--has sometimes been seen as lacking significant cultural history. Home to idyllic environmental wonders, the region has been plagued by the notion that the best and brightest often left in search of greater things, that the mainstream world was thousands of miles away--or at least as far south as California. This book describes the Pacific Northwest's search for a regional identity from the first Indian-European contacts through the late twentieth century, identifying those individuals and groups "who at least struggled to give meaning to the Northwest experience." It places particular emphasis on writers and other celebrated individuals in the arts, detailing how their lives and works both reflected the region and also enhanced its sense of self., 14278871, State & Local, 4853, United States, 4808, Americas, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 491422, United States, 468230, History, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<