Sherry L. Smith

Lost Soldiers: Re-searching the Army in the American West

This essay argues for the continued relevance of military topics to western history. It suggests ways scholars can incorporate insights from ethnohistory, social history, and the New Western History to elicit a nuanced understanding of the power dynamics that accompanied conquest in the West.

Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for Conservation

Noted historian Robin W. Winks offers an in-depth look at the life and accomplishments of Laurance Rockefeller. This deftly argued and gracefully written volume explains and explores Rockefellers role in shaping the transition from traditional land conservation to a more inclusive environmentalism. Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for Conservation provides a broad interpretation of the history of environmental protection through the work of one of this countrys most visionary conservationists.