Taking the Field : Soldiers, Nature, and Empire on American Frontiers /

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"In the late nineteenth century, at a time when Americans were becoming more removed from nature than ever before, U.S. soldiers were uniquely positioned to understand and construct nature's ongoing significance for their work and for the nation as a whole. American ideas and debates about...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kohout, Amy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army > Foreign service > Philippines.
Territorial expansion.
Soldiers > Attitudes.
Philosophy of nature.
Imperialism > Social aspects.
Discoveries in geography.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Armed Forces > Foreign service.
NATURE / Ecology.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Imperialism > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Natural history museums > Social aspects > United States.
Philosophy of nature > United States > History > 19th century.
Soldiers > Philippines > Attitudes.
Soldiers > West (U.S.) > Attitudes.
West United States.
United States.
Philippines.
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Preparation
  • The nature of frontier Army Work
  • Collecting the West
  • Interlude 1: Revising and remembering
  • "A howling wilderness": the nature of the Philippine frontier
  • Collecting the Philippines
  • Interlude 2: Looking for Arrowhead Lake
  • Transforming the wilderness : the frontier in miniature
  • Conclusion : Unnatural history.

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