Journal of the Southwest

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History

The journal was initially established in 1959 by University of Arizona history professor John Alexander Carroll, under the name Arizona and the West. [1] The focus of the quarterly was on the history of the entire region west of the Mississippi River. [1] The first issue in Spring 1959 was dedicated to Frederick Jackson Turner whose Frontier Thesis argued the colonization of the American Frontier was the decisive factor in American democracy. [2] The journal subsequently won Best Article awards from the Western History Association (WHA) and the Mormon History Association. [1]

Carroll resigned as editor in 1963 when the University rejected his desire to move the journal to the WHA. [1] Harwood P. Hinton, took over and remained editor until its final issue of volume 28 Winter 1986. [1] The journal then moved out of the University's history department to the newly established Southwest Center in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Arizona. [1] Beginning with the Spring 1987 issue, the journal's name was changed to the current Journal of the Southwest, with the volume numbering carried over under the new name and format. [3] The journal's focus was changed from a primarily military and economic history of the entire American West to an interdisciplinary study of anthropology, sociology, geography and other study areas emphasizing the Southwest United States and Northern Mexico. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Martin, J.C. (June 5, 1986). "Historical journal to end". Arizona Daily Star. p. 1D.
  2. ↑ Gerald D. Nash, "The frontier thesis: A historical perspective," Journal of the West (Oct 1995) 34#4 pp. 7–15
  3. 1 2 Moss, Joshua J. (August 13, 1986). "Arizona journal will get face lift". Tucson Citizen. p. 4B.
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