The Different West: As Seen by a Transplanted Easterner
The Different West: As Seen by a Transplanted Easterner, written by Arthur Elmore Bostwick and published in Chicago in 1913. (206 pages)
The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.
"O, East is East and West is West."
— Kipling
Preface:
SOME readers will find fault with this book because it neither gives statistics nor quotes authorities. It is well to say, therefore, at the outset, that it is written for those who dislike both, and who like to read straight on without having their attention distracted by footnotes or figures. The author assumes full responsibility for what he says, and if he has inadvertently missed the truth upon occasion, doubtless it matters little.
A. E. B.
Contents:
Chapter 1. SOME PRELIMINARIES —Chapter 2. FLYING IMPRESSIONS — Chapter 3. THE EAST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE WEST — Chapter 4. THE WEST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE EAST — Chapter 5. THE WEST'S POLITICAL UNREST — Chapter 6. THE WEST'S ECONOMIC UNREST — Chapter 7. EDUCATION IN THE WEST — Chapter 8. LITERATURE IN THE WEST — Chapter 9. SCIENCE IN THE WEST — Chapter 10. ART IN THE WEST — Chapter 11. SOCIETY IN THE WEST —Chapter 12. SOURCES OF THE WEST'S POPULATION — Chapter 13. THE SPEECH AND MANNERS OF THE WEST
Excerpts:
...This book assumes to give scarcely more than first impressions, except in the discussion of matters that are as patent in the East as in the West.
...The time has now come for us to ask "What Is the West? Where, precisely, are Its boundaries?" A Chicago paper recently printed a clever cartoon giving a bird's-eye view of the United States, and showing a strip on the Atlantic coast surrounded by a high wall and labeled "The East," while the rest of the country bore the legend "Only the West." As a graphic delineation of eastern opinion this Is hardly an exaggeration, and the reason Is not far to seek. Our country began with a strip along the Atlantic, and the western edge of this strip was of course "The West." Central New York and Pennsylvania, and western Virginia, were all once on this western edge. The strip has widened until It reaches from ocean to ocean, and it has necessarily done so entirely by westward extension of this edge, the eastern being fixed at the Atlantic coast. Hence every part of the country west of the original boundary has been successively "The West," and this shifting has been so rapid that a new strip has acquired the name before the older ones have had time to lose It. Hence It happens that a New Englander still occasionally talks of "going west" to Buffalo, N. Y., and a Jerseyite will talk of his "western relatives" in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
...It must not be forgotten, however, that the expanding strip of American dominion did not pass over absolute wilderness. It overflowed and submerged, more or less completely, the French settlements in the Mississippi Valley, and the Spanish colonies in Texas and California. All these had already their own customs and their own points of view. To the St. Louisan, the Mississippi has always divided the East from the West, while to the San Franciscan the East has been as all-inclusive as the West has been to the Atlantic Coast dweller — hence the story of the two girls, one of whom had been East, to Denver, while the other had gone West, to Pittsburg.
...In selecting any one region of the country to describe by the name of "The West," one is thus confronted by an embarrassment of riches. The most reasonable criterion would appear to consist in asking the question "What region most frequently accepts the name as applied to itself?" Now we find that no matter how central New York and Pennsylvania are regarded by Atlantic dwellers, they never themselves acknowledge that they are "western," looking upon the term. Indeed, as involving a certain degree of opprobrium. Similarly, a Callfornian or an Oregonian seldom admits that he lives "in the West." His abode is in "the Pacific States," or "on the Coast" — a superb phrase whose magnificent disrespect to the Atlantic can not be too much admired.
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The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.
"O, East is East and West is West."
— Kipling
Preface:
SOME readers will find fault with this book because it neither gives statistics nor quotes authorities. It is well to say, therefore, at the outset, that it is written for those who dislike both, and who like to read straight on without having their attention distracted by footnotes or figures. The author assumes full responsibility for what he says, and if he has inadvertently missed the truth upon occasion, doubtless it matters little.
A. E. B.
Contents:
Chapter 1. SOME PRELIMINARIES —Chapter 2. FLYING IMPRESSIONS — Chapter 3. THE EAST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE WEST — Chapter 4. THE WEST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE EAST — Chapter 5. THE WEST'S POLITICAL UNREST — Chapter 6. THE WEST'S ECONOMIC UNREST — Chapter 7. EDUCATION IN THE WEST — Chapter 8. LITERATURE IN THE WEST — Chapter 9. SCIENCE IN THE WEST — Chapter 10. ART IN THE WEST — Chapter 11. SOCIETY IN THE WEST —Chapter 12. SOURCES OF THE WEST'S POPULATION — Chapter 13. THE SPEECH AND MANNERS OF THE WEST
Excerpts:
...This book assumes to give scarcely more than first impressions, except in the discussion of matters that are as patent in the East as in the West.
...The time has now come for us to ask "What Is the West? Where, precisely, are Its boundaries?" A Chicago paper recently printed a clever cartoon giving a bird's-eye view of the United States, and showing a strip on the Atlantic coast surrounded by a high wall and labeled "The East," while the rest of the country bore the legend "Only the West." As a graphic delineation of eastern opinion this Is hardly an exaggeration, and the reason Is not far to seek. Our country began with a strip along the Atlantic, and the western edge of this strip was of course "The West." Central New York and Pennsylvania, and western Virginia, were all once on this western edge. The strip has widened until It reaches from ocean to ocean, and it has necessarily done so entirely by westward extension of this edge, the eastern being fixed at the Atlantic coast. Hence every part of the country west of the original boundary has been successively "The West," and this shifting has been so rapid that a new strip has acquired the name before the older ones have had time to lose It. Hence It happens that a New Englander still occasionally talks of "going west" to Buffalo, N. Y., and a Jerseyite will talk of his "western relatives" in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
...It must not be forgotten, however, that the expanding strip of American dominion did not pass over absolute wilderness. It overflowed and submerged, more or less completely, the French settlements in the Mississippi Valley, and the Spanish colonies in Texas and California. All these had already their own customs and their own points of view. To the St. Louisan, the Mississippi has always divided the East from the West, while to the San Franciscan the East has been as all-inclusive as the West has been to the Atlantic Coast dweller — hence the story of the two girls, one of whom had been East, to Denver, while the other had gone West, to Pittsburg.
...In selecting any one region of the country to describe by the name of "The West," one is thus confronted by an embarrassment of riches. The most reasonable criterion would appear to consist in asking the question "What region most frequently accepts the name as applied to itself?" Now we find that no matter how central New York and Pennsylvania are regarded by Atlantic dwellers, they never themselves acknowledge that they are "western," looking upon the term. Indeed, as involving a certain degree of opprobrium. Similarly, a Callfornian or an Oregonian seldom admits that he lives "in the West." His abode is in "the Pacific States," or "on the Coast" — a superb phrase whose magnificent disrespect to the Atlantic can not be too much admired.
The Different West: As Seen by a Transplanted Easterner
The Different West: As Seen by a Transplanted Easterner, written by Arthur Elmore Bostwick and published in Chicago in 1913. (206 pages)
The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.
"O, East is East and West is West."
— Kipling
Preface:
SOME readers will find fault with this book because it neither gives statistics nor quotes authorities. It is well to say, therefore, at the outset, that it is written for those who dislike both, and who like to read straight on without having their attention distracted by footnotes or figures. The author assumes full responsibility for what he says, and if he has inadvertently missed the truth upon occasion, doubtless it matters little.
A. E. B.
Contents:
Chapter 1. SOME PRELIMINARIES —Chapter 2. FLYING IMPRESSIONS — Chapter 3. THE EAST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE WEST — Chapter 4. THE WEST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE EAST — Chapter 5. THE WEST'S POLITICAL UNREST — Chapter 6. THE WEST'S ECONOMIC UNREST — Chapter 7. EDUCATION IN THE WEST — Chapter 8. LITERATURE IN THE WEST — Chapter 9. SCIENCE IN THE WEST — Chapter 10. ART IN THE WEST — Chapter 11. SOCIETY IN THE WEST —Chapter 12. SOURCES OF THE WEST'S POPULATION — Chapter 13. THE SPEECH AND MANNERS OF THE WEST
Excerpts:
...This book assumes to give scarcely more than first impressions, except in the discussion of matters that are as patent in the East as in the West.
...The time has now come for us to ask "What Is the West? Where, precisely, are Its boundaries?" A Chicago paper recently printed a clever cartoon giving a bird's-eye view of the United States, and showing a strip on the Atlantic coast surrounded by a high wall and labeled "The East," while the rest of the country bore the legend "Only the West." As a graphic delineation of eastern opinion this Is hardly an exaggeration, and the reason Is not far to seek. Our country began with a strip along the Atlantic, and the western edge of this strip was of course "The West." Central New York and Pennsylvania, and western Virginia, were all once on this western edge. The strip has widened until It reaches from ocean to ocean, and it has necessarily done so entirely by westward extension of this edge, the eastern being fixed at the Atlantic coast. Hence every part of the country west of the original boundary has been successively "The West," and this shifting has been so rapid that a new strip has acquired the name before the older ones have had time to lose It. Hence It happens that a New Englander still occasionally talks of "going west" to Buffalo, N. Y., and a Jerseyite will talk of his "western relatives" in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
...It must not be forgotten, however, that the expanding strip of American dominion did not pass over absolute wilderness. It overflowed and submerged, more or less completely, the French settlements in the Mississippi Valley, and the Spanish colonies in Texas and California. All these had already their own customs and their own points of view. To the St. Louisan, the Mississippi has always divided the East from the West, while to the San Franciscan the East has been as all-inclusive as the West has been to the Atlantic Coast dweller — hence the story of the two girls, one of whom had been East, to Denver, while the other had gone West, to Pittsburg.
...In selecting any one region of the country to describe by the name of "The West," one is thus confronted by an embarrassment of riches. The most reasonable criterion would appear to consist in asking the question "What region most frequently accepts the name as applied to itself?" Now we find that no matter how central New York and Pennsylvania are regarded by Atlantic dwellers, they never themselves acknowledge that they are "western," looking upon the term. Indeed, as involving a certain degree of opprobrium. Similarly, a Callfornian or an Oregonian seldom admits that he lives "in the West." His abode is in "the Pacific States," or "on the Coast" — a superb phrase whose magnificent disrespect to the Atlantic can not be too much admired.
The Publisher has copy-edited this book to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of the text to make it readable. This did not involve changing the substance of the text. Some books, due to age and other factors may contain imperfections. Since there are many books such as this one that are important and beneficial to literary interests, we have made it digitally available and have brought it back into print for the preservation of printed works of the past.
"O, East is East and West is West."
— Kipling
Preface:
SOME readers will find fault with this book because it neither gives statistics nor quotes authorities. It is well to say, therefore, at the outset, that it is written for those who dislike both, and who like to read straight on without having their attention distracted by footnotes or figures. The author assumes full responsibility for what he says, and if he has inadvertently missed the truth upon occasion, doubtless it matters little.
A. E. B.
Contents:
Chapter 1. SOME PRELIMINARIES —Chapter 2. FLYING IMPRESSIONS — Chapter 3. THE EAST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE WEST — Chapter 4. THE WEST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE EAST — Chapter 5. THE WEST'S POLITICAL UNREST — Chapter 6. THE WEST'S ECONOMIC UNREST — Chapter 7. EDUCATION IN THE WEST — Chapter 8. LITERATURE IN THE WEST — Chapter 9. SCIENCE IN THE WEST — Chapter 10. ART IN THE WEST — Chapter 11. SOCIETY IN THE WEST —Chapter 12. SOURCES OF THE WEST'S POPULATION — Chapter 13. THE SPEECH AND MANNERS OF THE WEST
Excerpts:
...This book assumes to give scarcely more than first impressions, except in the discussion of matters that are as patent in the East as in the West.
...The time has now come for us to ask "What Is the West? Where, precisely, are Its boundaries?" A Chicago paper recently printed a clever cartoon giving a bird's-eye view of the United States, and showing a strip on the Atlantic coast surrounded by a high wall and labeled "The East," while the rest of the country bore the legend "Only the West." As a graphic delineation of eastern opinion this Is hardly an exaggeration, and the reason Is not far to seek. Our country began with a strip along the Atlantic, and the western edge of this strip was of course "The West." Central New York and Pennsylvania, and western Virginia, were all once on this western edge. The strip has widened until It reaches from ocean to ocean, and it has necessarily done so entirely by westward extension of this edge, the eastern being fixed at the Atlantic coast. Hence every part of the country west of the original boundary has been successively "The West," and this shifting has been so rapid that a new strip has acquired the name before the older ones have had time to lose It. Hence It happens that a New Englander still occasionally talks of "going west" to Buffalo, N. Y., and a Jerseyite will talk of his "western relatives" in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
...It must not be forgotten, however, that the expanding strip of American dominion did not pass over absolute wilderness. It overflowed and submerged, more or less completely, the French settlements in the Mississippi Valley, and the Spanish colonies in Texas and California. All these had already their own customs and their own points of view. To the St. Louisan, the Mississippi has always divided the East from the West, while to the San Franciscan the East has been as all-inclusive as the West has been to the Atlantic Coast dweller — hence the story of the two girls, one of whom had been East, to Denver, while the other had gone West, to Pittsburg.
...In selecting any one region of the country to describe by the name of "The West," one is thus confronted by an embarrassment of riches. The most reasonable criterion would appear to consist in asking the question "What region most frequently accepts the name as applied to itself?" Now we find that no matter how central New York and Pennsylvania are regarded by Atlantic dwellers, they never themselves acknowledge that they are "western," looking upon the term. Indeed, as involving a certain degree of opprobrium. Similarly, a Callfornian or an Oregonian seldom admits that he lives "in the West." His abode is in "the Pacific States," or "on the Coast" — a superb phrase whose magnificent disrespect to the Atlantic can not be too much admired.
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| Publication date: | 03/20/2013 |
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