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Back East: How Westerners Invented a Region

By Flannery Burke
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By Flannery Burke
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Western imaginations of "Back East" rewrote America's cultural identity, shaping myths and realities alike

Just as easterners imagined the American West, westerners imagined the American East, reshaping American culture. Back East flips the script of American regional narratives.

In 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 cap...

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HistoryUnited States History20th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous20th Century American History - General & Miscellaneous