New Books in the American West

410 Episodes

1. Wesley G. Phelps, "Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement" (U Texas Press, 2023)

   Published: 8/24/2024
2. Stephanie L Canizales, "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 8/18/2024
3. 12 Angry Alaskans: Re-Examining the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case

   Published: 8/16/2024
4. Alonso Duralde, "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film" (Running Press Adult, 2024)

   Published: 8/14/2024
5. Ana Raquel Minian, “Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration” (Harvard UP, 2018)

   Published: 8/13/2024
6. Zoë Bossiere, "Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir" (Abrams Press, 2024)

   Published: 8/12/2024
7. Eric Hoyt, "Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema’s Trade Press" (U California Press, 2022)

   Published: 8/11/2024
8. Tore C. Olsson, "Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past" (St. Martin's Press, 2024)

   Published: 8/6/2024
9. Yiman Wang, "To Be an Actress: Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 8/4/2024
10. Stephen J. Pyne, "Pyrocene Park: A Journey Into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park" (U Arizona Press, 2023)

    Published: 7/30/2024
11. Derek Taira, "Forward without Fear: Native Hawaiians and American Education in Territorial Hawai'i, 1900-1941" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

    Published: 7/27/2024
12. Justin B. Stein, "Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific" (U Hawaii Press, 2023)

    Published: 7/27/2024
13. Steven Powell, "Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

    Published: 7/25/2024
14. Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)

    Published: 7/20/2024
15. Jacob Lee, "Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions Along the Mississippi" (Harvard UP, 2019)

    Published: 7/16/2024
16. James Mallery, "City of Vice: Transience and San Francisco's Urban History, 1848-1917" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

    Published: 7/16/2024
17. Alfred Peredo Flores, "Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962" (Cornell UP, 2023)

    Published: 7/14/2024
18. William Gow, "Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community" (Stanford UP, 2024)

    Published: 7/10/2024
19. Jake Johnson, "The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas" (U Illinois Press, 2023)

    Published: 7/7/2024
20. Sigrid Schönfelder, "'Gold Fever' and Women: Transformations in Lives, Health Care and Medicine in the 19th Century American West" (Transcript, 2023)

    Published: 7/3/2024