Western Historical Quarterly

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1969, The Western Historical Quarterly, official journal of the Western History Association, presents original articles dealing with the North American West—expansion and colonization, indigenous histories, regional studies (including western Canada, northern Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii), and transnational, comparative, and borderland histories.

Each issue contains reviews and notices of significant books, as well as recent articles, in the field.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Frontier Army and the Destruction of the Buffalo: 1865-1883

  Citation: 47

  Authors: David D.

• Hawai[grave]i: The First and Last Far West?

  Citation: 47

  Authors: John

• Revisiting the Vanishing Frontier: The Legacy of Frederick Jackson Turner

  Citation: 43

  Authors: William

• The Crimes and Consequences of Illegal Immigration: A Cross-Border Examination of Operation Wetback, 1943 to 1954

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Kelly Lytle

• Maternal Colonialism: White Women and Indigenous Child Removal in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Margaret D.

• The Weedy West: Mobile Nature, Boundaries, and Common Space in the Montana Landscape

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Mark

• "Is That What We Fought for?" Japanese Americans and Racism in California, The Impact of World War II

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Kevin Allen

• The Assault on Assimilation: John Collier and the Origins of Indian Policy Reform

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Vine, Lawrence C.

• The Long Twilight of the Frontier Army

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Brian McAllister

• Blacks and Asians in a White City: Japanese Americans and African Americans in Seattle, 1890-1940

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Quintard