Story of the American West weaves together the quintessential elements of the mythic West Indian wars, outlaw shootouts, cattle-sheep conflicts, lynchings, Native American culture and polygamy. Historical narrative and poignant details combine to tell true stories from the perspectives of all the participants. 
The book traces the history and people of east-central Arizona much like James A. Michener did in his fictional work on Centennial, Colorado. Zane Grey, who did more than anyone to create the image of the Old West, visited regularly to collect material for his novels. But the rich details of the region s history are more powerful than fiction. 
Arizona s Indian wars are retold from the point of view of Geronimo, the soldiers and the Apache Scouts who pursued him and a settler whose husband was killed. Outlaw stories range from the jailing of Butch Cassidy to the mortal wounding of a Hispanic Arizona Ranger who lamented leaving his widow only a dollar. The lynching of three young cowboys the historical event behind The Ox-Bow Incident is told from the perspective of the mob and the victims. 
Other characters include Corydon Cooley, who saved a band of friendly Apaches from a massacre; William Flake, an apostate who helped the Latter-day Saints settle five towns; and Alchesay, who killed a rival Apache chief before winning the Medal of Honor. 
Story of the American West tells of Hispanics as Conquistadors, Indian fighters and sheep men. Genetics, language and archaeology are used to trace Native Americans from entry into the New World through development of Hopi and Zuni culture to the arrival of Navajos and Apaches.

Story of the American West, Told Through the Lives of Apaches, Mountain Men, Hispanics, Soldiers, Mormons, Cowboys, Blacks, Outlaws And Others, Who ... One of the Last Untamed Regions of the West

History

Eric Kramer

Carol Sletten

Americas

Sunbelt Publications

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Most of the literature dealing with intercultural communication presupposes that communication is a tool for some other purpose like selling shoes or making a personal relationship “work.” Such an assumption is what has given rise to the idea that intercultural communication can be “problematic.
Much of the justification for doing intercultural communication research is that business, world peace, and security are contingent on our ability to communicate effectively across cultural and national boundaries (which are not the same thing as evinced by ethnic civil wars within national boundaries). 
Intercultural Communication and Global Integration presents the reader with a three-part approach to intercultural communication; communication, culture, and consciousness. Intercultural Communication and Global Integration argues that communication, culture, and consciousness combine to form one’s intercultural perspectives. The tool of language is central to understanding the relationships between these three elements. While most tend to view these three areas as separate parts, the reader will see they are much more integrated than most typically think. For example, the relationship between communication and culture is so close that there are those who have argued that principles of communication are virtually identical with anthropological descriptions. 
Intercultural Communication and Global Integration includes student centered pedagogical features in each chapter, such as:
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<li>Topics/Objectives</li>
<li>Pre-Chapter questions that help the reader focus his/her reading</li>
<li>References</li>
<li>Charts, photos, and diagrams</li>
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Intercultural Communication and Global Integration

Politics & Social Sciences

Clark Callahan

S. David Zuckerman

Sociology

Kendall/Hunt Publishing

Environmental Communication and the Extinction Vortex: Technology As Denial of Death (Communication, Comparative Cultures, and Civilizations)

This book is about the anthropic epoch and the extinction vortex we are witnessing. Currently a mass extinction of species is occuring. At the same time a mass extinction of languages and cultures is also occurring. These two mass extictions, biological and cultural, are linked. Currently, transhumanists hope against hope to upload their minds into virtual reality to escape death. Both extinctions and the plan to escape them by uploading our minds into computer networks are rooted in a narcisstic delusion of immortal self-actualization. This is a pathetic death-defying delusion of late modernity - hypertrophic selfishness. The common denoninator is a particular culture that has become dominant, spreading across the globe. As it transcends the world-system. This is the abusrdity of the most profound delusional accomplishment of the anthropic epoch, the extinction vortex. The more powerful and indivudualistic we become the more power we crave, and the faster the extinction vortex spins us with it.

Environmental Communication and the Extinction Vortex: Technology as Denial of Death (Communication, Comparative Cultures, and Civilizations)

Gabriel Adkins

Sang Ho Kim

GREG MILLER

Social Sciences

Hampton Press, Inc.

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