Does Harvard teach its undergraduates about “Western civilization”? As a history major there, I was recently surprised to learn—at least according to the conservative media ecosystem—that the answer ...
Horseback riders on Main Avenue, the scrumptious scent of sizzling bacon and eggs, and the sound of prop pistols firing into the air were telltale signs the Durango Cowboy Gathering was back in town ...
A popular exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley lets the public to be immersed in the world of cowboys and Western history. In a prepared statement the Library ...
The Mellema Program in Western American Studies was endowed by Dirk and JoAnn Mellema in 1993. Calvin University hired William Katerberg as its director in 1999. The program is housed in the ...
Research opportunities in the economic history of the twentieth-century West / Gerald D. Nash -- Research opportunities in twentieth-century western history : natural resources and environment / ...
At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history. James Hankins, a specialist in Renaissance thought, was one of the last holdouts. Now Hankins, who has just published a ...