New Books in the American West

341 Episodes

1. Laurence Ralph, "Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him" (Grand Central Publishing, 2023)

   Published: 2/21/2024
2. Matthew C. Ward, "Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023)

   Published: 2/18/2024
3. Julia Ornelas-Higdon, "The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769–1920" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

   Published: 2/3/2024
4. William L. Bird, "In the Arms of Saguaros: Iconography of the Giant Cactus" (U Arizona Press, 2023)

   Published: 2/3/2024
5. Marc Arsell Robinson, "Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest" (NYU Press, 2023)

   Published: 2/2/2024
6. Maryam Kashani, "Medina by the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival" (Duke UP, 2023)

   Published: 1/31/2024
7. Charlotte Coté, "A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast" (U Washington Press, 2022)

   Published: 1/30/2024
8. Paul Franke, "Feeling Lucky: The Production of Gambling Experiences in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)

   Published: 1/29/2024
9. Damon Scott, "The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco" (U Texas Press, 2024)

   Published: 1/25/2024
10. Darnise C. Martin, "Beyond Christianity: African Americans in a New Thought Church" (NYU Press, 2005)

    Published: 1/11/2024
11. Robert Michael Morrissey, "People of the Ecotone: Environment and Indigenous Power at the Center of Early America" (U Washington Press, 2022)

    Published: 1/10/2024
12. Susanna Phillips Newbury, "The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)

    Published: 1/4/2024
13. Brown and Gay in LA and the Craft of Writing Nonfiction

    Published: 12/28/2023
14. Meredith Oda, "The Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco" (U Chicago Press, 2019)

    Published: 12/25/2023
15. Peter Richardson, "Savage Journey: Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo" (U California Press, 2022)

    Published: 12/15/2023
16. Lindsey Claire Smith, "Urban Homelands: Writing the Native City from Oklahoma" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)

    Published: 12/10/2023
17. Tracy E. Perkins, "Evolution of a Movement: Four Decades of California Environmental Justice Activism" (U California Press, 2022)

    Published: 12/3/2023
18. Edward L. Ayers, "American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860" (Norton, 2023)

    Published: 11/25/2023
19. Mia Mask, "Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western" (U Illinois Press, 2023)

    Published: 11/24/2023
20. Leontina Hormel, "Trailer Park America: Reimagining Working-Class Communities" (Rutgers UP, 2023)

    Published: 11/24/2023