Mental territories : mapping the Inland Empire
- Title
- Mental territories : mapping the Inland Empire / Katherine G. Morrissey.
- Published by
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- ix, 220 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Rarely recognized outside its boundaries today, the Pacific Northwest region known at the turn of the century as the Inland Empire included portions of the states of Washington and Idaho, as well as British Columbia. Katherine G. Morrissey traces the history of this self-proclaimed region from its origins through its heyday. In doing so, she challenges the characterization of regions as fixed places defined by their geography, economy, and demographics. Regions, she argues, are best understood as mental constructs, internally defined through conflicts and debates among different groups of people seeking to control a particular area's identity and direction. Applying the theoretical works of cultural studies to historical questions, Morrissey interprets the words and actions of railroad magnates, gravediggers, Indians on reservations, promoters, women homesteaders, union organizers, civil leaders, government agents, novelists, farmers, and investors. In the discourses about who belonged and who did not belong to defined communities or regions, residents participated in important representational struggles that had and continue to have significant material consequences.
- Subject
- Regionalism > Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
- Regionalism > Washington (State) > Spokane Region
- Human geography > Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
- Human geography > Washington (State) > Spokane Region
- Culture conflict > Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) > History
- Culture conflict > Washington (State) > Spokane Region > History
- Régionalisme > Inland Empire
- Régionalisme > Washington (État) > Spokane, Région de
- Géographie culturelle > Inland Empire
- Géographie culturelle > Washington (État) > Spokane, Région de
- Conflit culturel > Inland Empire > Histoire
- Conflit culturel > Washington (État) > Spokane, Région de > Histoire
- Régionalisme > Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest)
- Conflit culturel > Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest) > Histoire
- Culture conflict
- Historical geography
- Human geography
- Psychological aspects
- Regionalism
- Géographie humaine > États-Unis (nord-ouest)
- Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) > Historical geography
- Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) > History > Psychological aspects
- Spokane Region (Wash.) > Historical geography
- Spokane Region (Wash.) > History > Psychological aspects
- Inland Empire > Géographie historique
- Inland Empire > Histoire > Aspect psychologique
- Spokane, Région de > Géographie historique
- Spokane, Région de > Histoire > Aspect psychologique
- Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest) > Géographie historique
- Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > Aspect psychologique
- United States > Inland Empire
- Washington (State) > Spokane Region
- États-Unis (nord-ouest) > Géographie historique
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Contents
- Introduction: Mental Territories -- Inset: "Spokane" -- Ch. 1. Mapping the Inland Empire -- Inset: Reservations about Empire -- Ch. 2. Coeur d'Alene Fences and Walls -- Ch. 3. Coeur d'Alene Mining Debates -- Inset: Empire Building -- Ch. 4. Expansion and Promotion -- Ch. 5. Outsiders in the Palouse -- Conclusion: Ghost Region.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-211) and index.