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ISSN: 0043-3810
E-ISSN: 1939-8603

Lisa Blee
"Mount Rainier And Indian Economies Of Place, 1850–1925"

Eric Clements
"Pragmatic Revolutionaries?:
Tactics, Ideologies, And The
Western Federation Of Miners In The Progressive Era"

Ryan Edgington
"The Safari Of The Southwest:
Hunting, Science, And The African Oryx On White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1969–2006"

Carol Lynn Mckibben
Field Notes
"The Seaside History Project: Practicing Public History In A Minority-Majority City"

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THIS YEAR THE WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY

In those 40 years we have published hundreds of authors, thousands of book reviews and book notices, and tens of thousands of citations to articles and dissertations to enable scholars to keep current with the scholarship. We have gone from typewriters and paste-up to the wonders (and sometimes frustrations) of computers. We have changed our format and have moved from a black and white to a brightly colored cover. We have been led by ten editors, with the support of ten production editors, five office managers, and thirty-three editorial fellows.

From the origin of the journal, through all the changes we have made, many people representing many institutions have aided us and on the occasion of this anniversary we would like to thank them.

There are also many others, throughout the country and abroad, who have helped the journal become the quality academic publication it is: all the authors who submit their work to us, the book reviewers and manuscript reviewers who give their time freely to make sure the reviews and articles we publish are timely and challenging reading, our journal exchange partners, the publishers who send us books to review, our many and faithful advertisers, WHA members, and you our readers.

Thank you for 40 years!