Nature's noblemen : transatlantic masculinities and the nineteenth-century American West /

Monica Rico explores the myth of the American West in the 19th century as a place for men to assert their masculinity by 'roughing it' in the wilderness and reveals how this myth played out in a transatlantic context. She uncovers the networks of elite men - British and American - who circ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rico, Monica, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Series:Lamar series in western history.
Subjects:
1800-1999
British > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Upper class > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Upper class > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Masculinity > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Masculinity > United States > History > 20th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Classes supérieures > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Masculinité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Masculinité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
British.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Masculinity.
Upper class.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Great Britain.
United States.
West United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sir William Drummond Stewart and aristocratic masculinity
  • "What shall I do with my son?": Moreton Frewen and aristocratic masculinity on the ranching frontier
  • Gender and empire: the Earl of Dunraven and Isabella Bird in Estes Park
  • "The latest fad of these silly days" : Buffalo Bill in darkest London
  • A white man's country: elite masculinity, racial decline, and the frontier stories of Theodore Roosevelt.

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