UNP Publishes New Book
Series: Many Wests The University of Nebraska has long been a leading publisher in the history and culture of the American West and its borderlands. That’s why we are thrilled to announce Many Wests, a new book series that builds upon unp’s tradition of excellence in this discipline. Many Wests will publish distinguished scholarship that advances western history’s methods and topics in new directions and will make a major impact on its scholarly field. Further, through strong narrative and engaging writing style, the books in Many Wests will capture for scholars and general readers alike evolving interpretations of the history of the American West. In a creative move for a history book series, all authors accepted into the Many Wests series participate in a manuscript workshop with the series editors and other scholars. The workshops, generously funded by the McCabe Greer Book Manuscript Workshop, the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center, and the Pennsylvania State University Department of History, provide a collaborative and constructive environment for authors to receive assistance with their manuscripts and foster an intellectual community around the series. We have seen excellent results from the workshops in the upcoming books. The first book in the series, The Settler Sea: California’s Salton Sea and the Consequences of Colonialism by Traci Brynne Voyles, published this month. The Settler Sea is an original exploration of the Salton Sea, Southern California’s largest inland body of water that is
“Drawing on deep research, Voyles analyzes her subject matter brilliantly. Moreover, her prose is evocative, giving the reader a deep sense of both place and change over time. Consistently absorbing, The Settler Sea offers a powerful and disturbing history of a place that illuminates the costs of centuries of colonialism and points to the future.”—Christina Snyder, author of Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson
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