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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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Autor principal: Kreyche, Gerald F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
West United States.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire.
West (U.S.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.

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