Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
1992
Abstract
Legal scholar Charles Wilkinson reads and recommends books as if the Video Age were not upon us and as if the ideal of an educated, reflective citizenry might be within reach. In the four hundred and eighty-eight items listed in this bibliography, writers have done their part "in defining a geographical region, in giving the West a sense of place, a sense of itself. " If Westerners say yes to the invitation these writers offer, then the consequences could be direct and practical: "When a people gains a sense of itself, wise decisions are likely to follow" (p. 90), wise decisions manifested in more appropriate laws and self-governance.
Comments
Published in Great Plains Quarterly 12:1 (Winter 1992). Copyright © 1992 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.