The Making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Empire - Softcover

Lawrence Keppie (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806130148 ISBN 13: 9780806130149

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998

Synopsis

Oklahoma historian Angie Debo once observed that all the forces of United States history have come to bear in the development of the Sooner State. This collection of essays provides a series of snapshots reflecting both the singularity of the Oklahoma experience and the state’s connections to America’s broader history. Spanning the Civil War era and the present, this book develops historic themes as varied as the causes of Indian land dispossession, the Statehood Day wedding ceremony, the oil industry’s environmental impact, the Tulsa Race Riot, labor relations during the New Deal, the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment, the state’s unique Native artistic traditions, and its musical landscape. Oklahomans have always represented multiple races and cultures, lived in big cities or small towns or on farms, and promoted prosperity and cultural achievement while battling poverty and ignorance. The American Main Street has been the site not only of the best principles of community spirit and traditional values but also of shocking cases of prejudice and violence. Rather than shrinking from difficult subjects, Main Street Oklahoma describes the state’s abundant human, natural, and cultural resources, paying tribute to the true grit of Oklahomans, but also exploring some of the more troubling moments in Oklahoma’s past. The editors and contributors provide engaging perspectives on the state’s rich and diverse history.

About this title

About the Author

Lawrence Keppie is Professor Emeritus of Roman History and Archaeology and retired Senior Curator of Archaeology, History, and Ethnography at the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow. He is the author of Understanding Roman Inscriptions and The Legacy of Rome: Scotland's Roman Remains.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806130148
• ISBN 13: 9780806130149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272