Oklahoma Reconsidered

A History

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Oklahoma Reconsidered provides a concise and conversational history of Oklahoma from the 1700s and into the twenty-first century by two historians who show how Oklahoma has been shaped by wars, epidemics, civil rights movements, and unified efforts to heal after devastating terrorist attacks. While other books on Oklahoma history often linger in the nineteenth century, Oklahoma Reconsidered places the central focus on Oklahoma from 1907 to 2025—including the rise in the Latinx population in the state, the success of the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA basketball team as a unifying force in the state, and the significance of the McGirt decision in 2020, which granted tribal jurisdiction over much of eastern Oklahoma as Indian Country, offering a glimpse into the tensions between state and tribal authority.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor322
FörlagUniversity of Nebraska Press
MedarbetareJari Askins
ISBN9781496248107

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Sarah Eppler Janda is a professor of history at Cameron University. She is the author of Prairie Power: Student Activism, Counterculture, and Backlash in Oklahoma, 1962–1972 and the coeditor (with Patricia Loughlin) of This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s. Patricia Loughlin is a professor of history at the University of Central Oklahoma. She is the author of Angie Debo: Daughter of the Prairie, with Excerpts from Her Childhood Diary. Jari Askins is a judge, lawyer, and politician. She served in Oklahoma's House of Representatives and as Oklahoma's fifteenth lieutenant governor.

List of IllustrationsForeword by Jari AskinsPrefacePart 1. Indigenous Lands1. Indigenous Lands and the Environment2. Mapping Indigenous Oklahoma3. Voluntary and Involuntary Exploration4. Reconstruction and Competing OklahomasPart 2. From Territories to Statehood5. Black Transnational Movements and the Peopling of Indian and Oklahoma Territories6. Progressive Oklahoma and the Making of a State7. Promises of Prosperity and Perils of Hate8. 1920s Oklahoma and the Elusive Quest for Law and OrderPart 3. Depression, War, and Civil Rights9. Depression-Era Oklahoma10. World War II and the Transformation of Oklahoma11. Civil Rights and the Fight for African American Equality12. The Growth of Student Activism in the Vietnam EraPart 4. Modern Oklahoma13. Reassertion of Tribal Sovereignty14. Social and Economic Change in the 1970s and 1980s15. Revitalization and Renewal in the Aftermath of the Oklahoma City Bombing16. Twenty-First-Century OklahomaConclusionAcknowledgmentsNote on SourcesIndex

"A powerful and unflinching account of Oklahoma history that embraces the good, the bad, and the ugly of the state's fascinating history, from its earliest human inhabitation to the present."—Benjamin H. Johnson, author of Texas: An American History"If you wonder about Oklahoma, or teach about it, this book written by two fine historians who live there and who care about it is essential reading. Sarah Janda and Patricia Loughlin present a detailed elegy to an Indian Country that survived a statehood intended to eliminate that very place. What emerged was a state celebrating wealth and luck, but where modern Oklahomans struggle to reconcile Indigenous futures."—Anne F. Hyde, author of Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800–1860"In this sweeping yet detailed narrative Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin capture the essence of what makes Oklahoma a complex and thriving home to millions. Oklahoma Reconsidered is not a revision of Oklahoma's history but rather a reordering that places an emphasis on the multiple narratives of the people who built the state. By focusing on such subjects as Indigenous sovereignty, civil rights, modernity, and violence this history tells a more complete and thoughtful story about the place Oklahomans call home."—María E. Montoya, coauthor of Global Americans: A History of the United States