| Main Street Oklahoma: Stories of Twentieth-Century America Contributor(s): Reese, Linda W. (Editor), Loughlin, Patricia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0806144017 ISBN-13: 9780806144016 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 976.605 |
| LCCN: 2013009236 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.08" W x 8.99" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Oklahoma historian Angie Debo once observed that all the forces of United States history have come to bear in the development of the Sooner State. This collection of essays provides a series of snapshots reflecting both the singularity of the Oklahoma experience and the state's connections to America's broader history. Spanning the Civil War era and the present, this book develops historic themes as varied as the causes of Indian land dispossession, the Statehood Day wedding ceremony, the oil industry's environmental impact, the Tulsa Race Riot, labor relations during the New Deal, the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment, the state's unique Native artistic traditions, and its musical landscape. Oklahomans have always represented multiple races and cultures, lived in big cities or small towns or on farms, and promoted prosperity and cultural achievement while battling poverty and ignorance. The American Main Street has been the site not only of the best principles of community spirit and traditional values but also of shocking cases of prejudice and violence. Rather than shrinking from difficult subjects, Main Street Oklahoma describes the state's abundant human, natural, and cultural resources, paying tribute to the true grit of Oklahomans, but also exploring some of the more troubling moments in Oklahoma's past. The editors and contributors provide engaging perspectives on the state's rich and diverse history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Loughlin, Patricia: - Patricia Loughlin is Professor of History at the University of Central Oklahoma and the author of Hidden Treasures of the American West: Muriel H. Wright, Angie Debo, and Alice Marriott, named the Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.Reese, Linda W.: - Linda W. Reese is retired as Associate Professor of History at East Central University and is the author of Women of Oklahoma, 1890-1920. |