In her new book, “The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic,” the historian ... the ascendancy of Jim Crow and the conquest of the West, among other forms of repression, are profoundly ...

The title of the exhibit at the Bullock Texas State History Museum promises to cover quite a stretch of territory: “Acts of Faith: Religion & the American West.” After all, faith is an experience that ...

In the second half of the 19th century, the figure of the cowboy emerged as the defining feature of American Western ... sentiment across the West. When you buy a book using a link on ...

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A new book published by Brandeis University Press, "Jewish Identities in the American West," charts how migration and settlement ... This was when you saw antisemitism rise in this country. There were ...