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In Visions of the Big Sky, Dan Flores revisits the Northern Rockies artistic tradition to explore its diversity and richness. In his essays about the artists, photographers, and thematic historical imagery of the region, he blends art and cultural history with personal reflection to assess the formation of the region’s character. volume 5 in the Charles m. russell Center series on art anD photoGraphy The volume features 140 color and black-and-white illustrations, ranging from of the ameriCan west prehistoric rock art to modernist painting, and from charismatic wildlife scenes to classic landscape. They demonstrate the preponderance of Indians and wilderness in april $45.00 Cloth 978-0-8061-3897-8 the region’s art and explore the work of individuals as diverse as Edward Sheriff Curtis 248 paGes, 10 x 10 and Ansel Adams. Focusing on those whose art has defined the region, Flores tells 140 Color anD b&w photos how painters like Maynard Dixon interpreted the Northern Rockies and describes art & photoGraphy the contributions of women artists Fra Dana, Evelyn Cameron, and Emily Carr. A final essay, “What Was Charlie Russell Trying to Tell Us?” critically examines the legacy of Montana’s cowboy artist. Conversational in tone and as informative as they are entertaining, these essays provide rich vistas of their own. Visions of the Big Sky does for the region’s art what Of Related Interest The Last Best Place did for its literature. Charles m. russell: a Dan Flores is A. B. Hammond Professor of History at the University of Montana, CataloGue raisonné Missoula. He is the author of numerous books, including The Natural West: edited by B. Byron Price Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. $125.00s Cloth 978-0-8061-3836-7 the west of the imaGination Second edition By William H. 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Last updated: 06/17/2008 Updated by: Carol Zuber-Mallison ZM GRAPHICS • 214-906-4162 • [email protected] Updated by: Carol Zuber-Mallison (c) 2008, ZM Graphics Usage: Exclusive rights within OU Press ZM GRAPHICS • 214-906-4162 • [email protected] Production notes: Original file created in Adobe Illustrator CS 2 (c) ZM Graphics Usage: Exclusive rights within OU Press Production notes: Original file created in Adobe Illustrator CS 3 oupress.com · 800-627-7377 3 S T e PH An unsurpassed visual e NS Tex exploration of the Lone Star State AS : A For twenty years the Historical Atlas of Texas stood as a trusted resource for students by a. ray stephens histo and aficionados of the state. Now this key reference has been thoroughly updated Cartography by Carol Zuber-mallison and expanded—and even rechristened. Texas: A Historical Atlas more accurately r I c reflects the Lone Star State at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Its 86 entries AL A feature 175 newly designed maps—more than twice the number in the original tlas volume—illustrating the most significant aspects of the state’s history, geography, and current affairs. The heart of the book is its wealth of historical information. Sections de- TEXAS voted to indigenous peoples of Texas and its exploration and settlement offer more than 45 entries with visual depictions of everything from the routes of Spanish explorers to empresario grants to cattle trails. In another 31 articles, coverage of modern and contemporary Texas takes in A Historical Atlas hurricanes and highways, power plants and population trends. Practically everything about this atlas is new. All of the essays have been updated to reflect recent scholarship, while more than 30 appear for the first time, addressing such subjects as the Texas Declaration of Independence, early roads, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Texas-Oklahoma boundary disputes, and the tideland oil controversy. A dozen new entries for “Contemporary Texas” alone chart aspects of industry, agriculture, and minority demographics. Nearly all of the expanded essays are accompanied by multiple maps—every one in full color. The most comprehensive, state-of-the-art work of its kind, Texas: A Historical Atlas is more than just a reference.