12017-05-01T18:25:40-07:00The West2plain2017-05-01T18:26:46-07:00As with several other terms (GREAT AWAKENING, NORTHWEST, OLD RECONSTRUCTION, SOUTHERN), THE WEST appears in LCSH without a geographic gloss (or descriptive terms) that would indicate that they are specific to the United States. As Berman states in his justifications, "[all] express a facet of distinctly American history or politics which lay foreigners cannot reasonably be expected to appreciate.
