Politics in the postwar American West / edited by Richard Lowitt.
| Other author | Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018 |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1995. |
| Description | x, 400 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Crude and the pure: oil and environmental politics in Alaska / Peter Coates -- The Cultural politics of water in Arizona / Peter Iverson -- A Half-century of conflict: the rise and fall of liberalism in California politics, 1943-1993 / Jackson K. Putnam -- Water politics in Colorado: change, or business as usual? / Sandra K. Davis -- Labor and ethnicity in Hawaiian politics / H. Brett Melendy -- Harassment, hate, and human rights in Idaho / Stephen Shaw -- Kansas and water: survival in the heartland / James E. Sherow and Homer E. Socolofsky -- The Price of "freedom": Montana in the late and post-Anaconda era / David Emmons -- Employer offensive in Nebraska politics, 1946-1949 / William C. Pratt -- Gambling and politics in Nevada / Jerome E. Edwards -- Two-star general, three-time loser: Patrick Hurley seeks a senate seat in New Mexico / Richard Lowitt -- A Part of the nation and apart from the nation: North Dakota politics since 1945 / David B. Danbom -- "The more things change...:: Oklahoma since 1945 / Danney Goble -- The Battle to control land use: Oregon's unique law of 1973 / E. Kimbark MacColl -- South Dakota governance since 1945 / Herbert T. Hoover and Steven C. Emery -- The Texas gubernatorial election of 1990: Claytie versus the lady / Ben Procter -- The Emergence of a Republican majority in Utah, 1970-1992 / Thomas G. Alexander -- Grand Coulee dam, the Columbia river, and the generation of modern Washington / Robert E. Ficken -- "Politics is personal": postwar Wyoming politics and the media / Phil Roberts and Peggy Bieber-Roberts. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-369) and index. |
| LCCN | 94043095 |
| ISBN | 0806127112 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F595.2 .P65 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |