The North American West in the Twenty-First Century

"An indelible cornerstone that future historians can build on in their study of the twenty-first-century American West."—Benjamin Kiser, H-Environment

"[The North American West in the Twenty-First Century is] a substantive study that is required reading for Western writers looking for a refresher course that argues convincingly that the Old West has been superseded by a West relevant for the times in which we live."—Abraham Hoffman, Roundup Magazine

"This book would be an excellent addition to any undergraduate course about the modern U.S. West, and will help build a new historiographical base for the field."—Sheila McManus, Journal of Arizona History

"These wide-ranging, well-researched essays accomplish Rensink's goal of pulling modern Western scholarship into the twenty-first century and demonstrate the continuing power of historic events to shape the modern American West."—Michèle T. Butts, South Dakota History

“Anthologies such as Trails Toward a New Western History (1991) have marked seminal moments in the developing field of western history. Brenden Rensink’s collection The North American West in the Twenty-First Century is a new landmark volume in this tradition, one that marks a seminal moment in our understanding of what contemporary western history is. The contributors—a distinguished and adventurous group of emerging and established scholars—take on the vital issues of environment, Indigenous sovereignty, labor and migration, and politics, and place the transition to the twenty-first century at the forefront of our thinking. Every scholar and student of the West needs to engage with this important collection.”—David M. Wrobel, author of America’s West: A History, 1890–1950

“This book is in the vanguard of scholarship on the twenty-first-century West. It will provide a benchmark for future generations of historians as they assess [this time period].”—Todd Kerstetter, author of Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West