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Last published 2024
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Elliott West

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Researcher

Also affiliated: University of New Mexico (1995); Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) (1995); The University of Texas at Austin (1999)

Faculty Researcher

19 h-index 131 pubs 1,313 cited

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Elliott West is a historian whose research focuses on the American West. His work often engages with the complexities of the region's past, including themes of conflict, identity, and historical interpretation. West's recent publications include "Continental Reckoning" (2023) and "Peace and Friendship: An Alternative History of the American West" (2024), indicating a continued engagement with broad historical narratives and alternative perspectives. He also contributed to a special issue of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly focused on "Greater Reconstruction in the Southwestern Borderlands" with an introductory essay in 2023.

His scholarly output is reflected in a h-index of 19, with over 131 publications and more than 1,300 citations. This body of work demonstrates a sustained contribution to the field of history, particularly concerning the historical development and diverse experiences within the American West. West's research also includes a review of "Jewish Identities in the American West" (2023), further highlighting his interest in the varied cultural and ethnic histories of the region.

Metrics

  • h-index: 19
  • Publications: 131
  • Citations: 1,313

Selected Publications

  • Peace and Friendship: An Alternative History of the American West (2024)
    Journal of American History DOI OpenAlex
  • The Sand Creek Massacre (2021)
    Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History DOI OpenAlex
  • <b><i>Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life</i></b>. By Andrew C. Isenberg . ( New York : Hill and Wang , 2013 . ix + 296 pp. Illustrations, map, chart, notes, bibliography, index. $30.00 .) (2014)
    Western Historical Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
  • <i>Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest</i>. By Pamela Riney-Kehrberg (Lawrence, University Press of Kansas, 2005) 300 pp. $34.95 (2007)
    The Journal of Interdisciplinary History DOI OpenAlex
  • <scp>Review of Lamar, Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography.</scp> (2007)
    Pacific Historical Review DOI OpenAlex
  • Book Reviews (2006)
    The American Review of Canadian Studies DOI OpenAlex
  • BOOK REVIEWS (2006)
    The American Review of Canadian Studies DOI OpenAlex
  • <scp>Review of Ostler, The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee</scp> (2006)
    Pacific Historical Review DOI OpenAlex

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