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Visions of the American West /
Countless studies of the American West have been written from the viewpoint of history, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. But the West has seldom been written about with the reflective pen of a philosopher. Offering more than a fresh retelling, in thoroughly human terms, of the major historic...
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Prologue. The West as History and Myth; Chapter 1. Lewis and Clark: The Corps of Discovery; Chapter 2. The Mountain Men: To Risk a Skin for a Skin; Chapter 3. The Plains Indians: As Long as the Grass Grows and the Water Flows; Chapter 4. Gold and Silver: The Quest for EI Dorado; Chapter 5. The Missionaries: For God and Country; Chapter 6. Trails West: Santa Fe, Oregon, and Mormon; Chapter 7. The Military in the West: Glory, Shame, and Pathos; Chapter 8. Settlement in the Interior: Land, Sodbusters, and Cowboys. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Epilogue. The Enduring WestNotes; A Short Representative Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. | |
| 520 | |a Countless studies of the American West have been written from the viewpoint of history, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. But the West has seldom been written about with the reflective pen of a philosopher. Offering more than a fresh retelling, in thoroughly human terms, of the major historical events of the nineteenth-century West, Gerald Kreyche also leads the reader in a search for the spirit of the West itself. That spirit was one with the American Dream, which offered freedom, individualism, and self-sufficiency to those strong enough and gutsy enough to heed the call of Manifest D. | ||
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