| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 108.5

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 108.5 | The History Cooperative

Robert S. McPherson. Navajo Land, Navajo Culture: The Utah Experience in the Twentieth Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 2001. Pp. xviii, 301. $34.95.
This book is Robert S. McPherson's latest work on Navajo culture and history. In it he examines the northern Navajo region, with its specific environment and interactions, with the goal of making clear the drama of twentieth-century events there.	1
The first four chapters focus primarily on the period up to about 1930. Chapter one covers nineteenth-century history, chapter two Navajo and Ute deer hunting, chapter three Navajo farming, and chapter four trading posts. Chapter five covers "technology and initial cultural contact" (cars, airplanes) and chapter six the livestock reduction program. Chapters seven through eleven touch on more recent issues: tourism in Southeastern Utah; the film industry in Monument Valley; the uranium industry in the area; the petroleum industry, particularly around Aneth, Utah; and the changing role of Navajo women. Chapter twelve makes some concluding remarks.	2
These are good themes by which to examine the way in which Navajo life has developed in the northernmost part of the Navajo nation. McPherson does not restrict his account to the Utah area: he sensibly connects it to the rest of the nation. Despite his goal, the writing is not always as clear as it might be, but much good information is provided and the author clearly has first-hand experience on which to draw.	. . .

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