Mental territories : mapping the Inland Empire

Title
  1. Mental territories : mapping the Inland Empire / Katherine G. Morrissey.
Published by
  1. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Author
  1. Morrissey, Katherine G.

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Description
  1. ix, 220 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Regionalism > Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
  2. Regionalism > Washington (State) > Spokane Region
  3. Human geography > Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
  4. Human geography > Washington (State) > Spokane Region
  5. Culture conflict > Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) > History
  6. Culture conflict > Washington (State) > Spokane Region > History
  7. Régionalisme > Inland Empire
  8. Régionalisme > Washington (État) > Spokane, Région de
  9. Géographie culturelle > Inland Empire
  10. Géographie culturelle > Washington (État) > Spokane, Région de
  11. Conflit culturel > Inland Empire > Histoire
  12. Conflit culturel > Washington (État) > Spokane, Région de > Histoire
  13. Régionalisme > Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest)
  14. Conflit culturel > Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest) > Histoire
  15. Culture conflict
  16. Historical geography
  17. Human geography
  18. Psychological aspects
  19. Regionalism
  20. Géographie humaine > États-Unis (nord-ouest)
  21. Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) > Historical geography
  22. Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest) > History > Psychological aspects
  23. Spokane Region (Wash.) > Historical geography
  24. Spokane Region (Wash.) > History > Psychological aspects
  25. Inland Empire > Géographie historique
  26. Inland Empire > Histoire > Aspect psychologique
  27. Spokane, Région de > Géographie historique
  28. Spokane, Région de > Histoire > Aspect psychologique
  29. Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest) > Géographie historique
  30. Inland Empire (Nord-Ouest) > Histoire > Aspect psychologique
  31. United States > Inland Empire
  32. Washington (State) > Spokane Region
  33. États-Unis (nord-ouest) > Géographie historique
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-211) and index.