Back East: How Westerners Invented a Region. Burke, Burke, 9780295753867 New**

Name: Back East: How Westerners Invented a Region. Burke, Burke, 9780295753867 New**
Brand: University of Washington Press

University of Washington Press

Back EastHow Westerners Invented a Region\nAuthor(s): Flannery Burke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Washington Press, United States\nImprint: University of Washington Press\nISBN-13: 9780295753867, 978-0295753867\nSynopsis\nWestern imaginations of \""Back East\"" rewrote America's cultural identity, shaping myths and realities alike\n\nJust as easterners imagined the American West, westerners imagined the American East, reshaping American culture. Back East flips the script of American regional narratives.\n\nIn novels, travel narratives, popular histories, and dude ranch brochures, twentieth-century western US writers saw the East through the lens of their experiences and ambitions. Farmers following the railroad saw capitalists exploiting their labor, while cowboys viewed urban easterners as soft and effete. Westerners of different racial backgrounds, including African Americans and Asian Americans, projected their hopes and critiques onto an East that embodied urbanity.