The forgotten founders : rethinking the history of the Old West /

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A critical examination of traditional American West history asserting that families rather than gunslingers were the key players; discusses explorers, fur trappers, clergy, the Gold Rush, and the building of communities.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Udall, Stewart L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Covelo, Calif. : Island Press ; Shearwater Books, ©2002.
Subjects:
HISTORY > State & Local.
Historiography.
Geschichtsschreibung
West (U.S.) > History.
West (U.S.) > Historiography.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire.
West United States.
USA > Weststaaten
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Native peoples : the first forgotten founders
  • European settlers : human faces, far-flung places
  • Explorers and fur trappers
  • The religion factor in western settlement
  • The manifest destiny morass
  • California gold fever
  • Bootstrap capitalism in the Old West
  • The Wild West and the wrenching of the American chronicle
  • The Wild West and the settlers : contrasting visions.

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