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This collection of essays challenges traditional readings of western history and literature, and redraws the boundaries of the American West. Essay topics range from tourism to immigration, from environmental battles to inter-ethnic relations, and from law to film. The collection reads the West through "Ben-Hur" and the films of Mae West; revises the western literary canon to include the works of African- American and Mexican-American writers; examines the implications of miscegenation law and American Indian blood quantum requirements; and brings attention to the historical participation of Mexican and Japanese-American women, Native American slaves, and Alaskan cannery workers in community life.