Cargando…

Witnesses to a Vanishing America : The Nineteenth-Century Response /

Propelled across the continent by notions of rugged individualism" and "manifest destiny," pioneer Americans soon discovered that such slogans only partly disguised the fact that building an empire meant destroying a wilderness. Through an astonishing range of media, they voiced their...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mitchell, Lee Clark, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000004a 4500
001 musev2_33795
003 MdBmJHUP
005 20230905043547.0
006 m o d
007 cr||||||||nn|n
008 810107t19811981nju o 00 0 eng d
020 |a 9781400856152 
020 |z 9780691638065 
020 |z 9780691064611 
020 |z 9780691102238 
020 |z 9780691609867 
035 |a (OCoLC)889251860 
040 |a MdBmJHUP  |c MdBmJHUP 
100 1 |a Mitchell, Lee Clark,  |d 1947-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Witnesses to a Vanishing America :   |b The Nineteenth-Century Response /   |c Lee Clark Mitchell. 
264 1 |a Princeton, New Jersey :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c [1981] 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2015 
264 4 |c ©[1981] 
300 |a 1 online resource (320 pages):   |b illustrations 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 0 |a Princeton legacy library 
505 0 |a Cover ; 1 From Landscape to Culture, Preservation to Critique. 
520 |a Propelled across the continent by notions of rugged individualism" and "manifest destiny," pioneer Americans soon discovered that such slogans only partly disguised the fact that building an empire meant destroying a wilderness. Through an astonishing range of media, they voiced their concern about America's westward mission. Drawing on a wide variety of evidence, Lee Clark Mitchell portrays the growing apprehensionsOriginally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 7 |a Nature conservation.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01034632 
650 7 |a Indians of North America  |x Public opinion.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00969883 
650 7 |a Frontier and pioneer life.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00935370 
650 7 |a Ethnology.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00916106 
650 7 |a Conservation of natural resources.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00875502 
650 7 |a NATURE  |x Animals  |x Wildlife.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Real Estate  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 6 |a Ethnologie  |z États-Unis  |x Histoire. 
650 6 |a Nature  |x Conservation  |z États-Unis  |x Histoire. 
650 0 |a Ethnology  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Indians of North America  |x Public opinion. 
650 0 |a Frontier and pioneer life  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Conservation of natural resources  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Nature conservation  |z United States  |x History. 
651 7 |a United States.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
655 7 |a Electronic books.   |2 local 
710 2 |a Project Muse.  |e distributor 
830 0 |a Book collections on Project MUSE. 
856 4 0 |z Texto completo  |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/33795/ 
945 |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection 
945 |a Project MUSE - Archive Complete Supplement III 
945 |a Project MUSE - Archive History Supplement III