The American West Perpetual Mirage
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The American West Perpetual Mirage
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Author : Walter Prescott Webb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
The American West Perpetual Mirage written by Walter Prescott Webb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with categories.
Perpetual Mirage
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Author : May Castleberry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Perpetual Mirage written by May Castleberry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Nature categories.
These photographic books enabled the images to speak directly to the viewer.
The American West
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Author : Michael P. Malone
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2007-11-01
The American West written by Michael P. Malone and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with History categories.
Chronicles the history of the American West during the twentieth century, tracing economical, political, social, and cultural developments in the region from 1900 to the turn of the twenty-first century, in an updated edition that includes new sections that explore the roles of ethnic groups in the new West, urban developments, western women, and events since the mid-1980s. Original.
The American West And Its Interpreters
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Author : Richard W. Etulain
language : en
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Release Date : 2023-05-01
The American West And Its Interpreters written by Richard W. Etulain and has been published by University of New Mexico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-01 with History categories.
Distinguished historian Richard W. Etulain brings together a generous selection of essays from his sixty-year career as a specialist on the US West in this essential volume. Each essay provides an invaluable overview of the rise of western literary history and historiography—including insightful evaluations of individual historians—revealing summaries of regional literature and discussions of western stories yet to be told. Together these writings furnish readers with useful considerations of important subjects about the American West. All those interested in the American West and its interpreters will find these illuminative moments of literary history and historiography especially appealing.
The American West
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Author : Walter Nugent
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1999-10-22
The American West written by Walter Nugent and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-22 with History categories.
The American West has generated exceptional attention in the past few years, and new scholarship and interpretations have enriched and enlivened the study of its history. Each of the seventeen exciting and provocative essays chosen for this book illuminates an important topic in Western history. Three opening essays by the editors define the West as frontier and region, and place American frontiers in comparative context. Then follow essays that consider women's property rights in Spanish-Mexican California; the mountain men and national identity; Indians and bison on the Great Plains in the early nineteenth century; the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848; the Latter-day Saints from 1830 to 1890; the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 as a case of Indian-white conflict; cowboys as wage workers in the 1880s; homesteading and the homesteading ideal; miners and ethnic conflict in early-twentieth-century Arizona; the Great Depression in Idaho; how World War II changed Los Angeles; Japanese-American women in World War II; African Americans in the West; and the Pacific Northwest since 1945. The editors also provide a general introduction to the study of Western history and a time line of important events.
A Companion To The American West
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Author : William Deverell
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
A Companion To The American West written by William Deverell and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with History categories.
A Companion to the American West is a rigorous, illuminating introduction to the history of the American West. Twenty-five essays by expert scholars synthesize the best and most provocative work in the field and provide a comprehensive overview of themes and historiography. Covers the culture, politics, and environment of the American West through periods of migration, settlement, and modernization Discusses Native Americans and their conflicts and integration with American settlers
Reversible America
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Author : Frédéric Saumade
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2024-07-01
Reversible America written by Frédéric Saumade and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Rodeo, cattle ranching, and bullfighting converge in the arenas of race, gender, and ethics in Reversible America. In Southwestern California, these sports manifest in spectacular expressions of transcultural interactions that continue to develop through border crossings. Using an interdisciplinary scope, this unique look into the subculture negotiates the paradoxes and connections between the popular American performances, Iberian bullfighting, and Native American hunting methods, along with the relationship between human and non-human beings, and systems of value across borders.
The Natural History Of The Long Expedition To The Rocky Mountains 1819 1820
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Author : Howard Ensign Evans
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1997-05-22
The Natural History Of The Long Expedition To The Rocky Mountains 1819 1820 written by Howard Ensign Evans and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-05-22 with Science categories.
A little over 170 years ago--hardly a moment on the clock of history--one half of the United States was empty of all but Indians and the plants and game on which they subsisted. Indeed, acquiring the Louisiana Territory approximately doubled the size of the United States, adding 800,000 square miles of land that had scarcely been explored or adequately mapped. Americans would be given an in-depth look this rugged and untamed land only when Secretary of War John C. Calhoun and President James Monroe agreed that a military presence at the mouth of the Yellowstone River (near the boundary between North Dakota and Montana) would impress the Indians and serve notice to Canadian trappers and traders that some of their favorite beaver country was now part of the United States. In The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819- 1820), Howard E. Evans offers a colorful history of the expedition of Major Stephen H. Long--the first scientific exploration of the Louisiana Territory to be accompanied by trained naturalists and artists. Made up of twenty-two men--military personnel and "scientific gentlemen"--the Long Expedition struggled on foot and horseback along the Front Range of the Rockies, living off the land, recording rivers and landforms, shooting birds, plucking plants, and catching lizards and insects to preserve for study. They were often thirsty and hungry, sometimes ill, and always tired. But theirs was an experience awarded to only a chosen few: the opportunity to see and record firsthand the pristine lands that so majestically defined the United States. Based primarily on the expedition members' reports and diaries, and often told in the participants' own words, this fascinating chronicle transports readers back to the near-virgin wilderness of 1820. We accompany naturalist Edwin James as he becomes the first man to climb Pike's Peak, and roam with him in his dual role as botanist, collecting a multitude of flora specimens, 140 of which were described by him and others as new. We sit with artist Samuel Seymour as he sketches in vivid detail the panorama of breathtaking peaks and prominent landforms, travel along with Titian Peale as he visits the homes of Native Americans and records with an artist's keen eye and gifted hand the intense beauty of this land's first inhabitants, and go exploring with zoologist Thomas Say as he describes never before seen mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and insects. Beautifully illustrated with crisp reproductions of Peale and Seymour's art, as well as photographs of the many plants and insects described by James and Say, The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820) offers a vivid account of this monumental expedition. The story of the Long Expedition has been told before, but without due recognition of the party's great contributions to natural history. Now, anyone interested in the early history of the American West can witness for themselves how this vast and varied land looked and felt when it was first seen by trained scientists and artists.
Comparing Cowboys And Frontiers
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Author : Richard W. Slatta
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1997
Comparing Cowboys And Frontiers written by Richard W. Slatta and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Historians of the American West, perhaps inspired by NAFTA and Internet communication, are expanding their intellectual horizons across borders north and south. This collection of essays functions as a how-to guide to comparative frontier research in the Americas. Frontiers specialist Richard W. Slatta presents topics, techniques, and methods that will intrigue social science professionals and western history buffs alike as he explores the frontiers of North and South America from Spanish colonial days into the twentieth century. The always popular cowboy is joined by the fascinating gaucho, llanero, vaquero, and charro as Slatta compares their work techniques, roundups, songs, tack, lingo, equestrian culture, and vices. We visit saloons and pulperias as well as plains and pampas, and Slatta expertly compares clothing, weather, terrain, diets, alcoholic beverages, card games, and military tactics. From primary records we learn how Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans became the ranch hands, cowmen, and buckaroos of the Americas, and why their dependence on the ranch cattle industry kept them bachelors and landless peons.
Industrial Cowboys
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Author : David Igler
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-01-28
Industrial Cowboys written by David Igler and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"The process by which two neighborhood butchers turned themselves into landed industrialists depended to an extraordinary degree on the acquisition, manipulation, and exploitation of natural resources. Igler examines the broader impact of western industrialism - as exemplified by Miller & Lux - on landscapes and waterscapes, bringing to the forefront the important issues of land reclamation, water politics, San Francisco's unique business environment, and the city's relation to its surrounding hinterlands. He provides a rich discussion of the social relations engineered by Miller & Lux, from the dispossession of Californio rancheros to the ethnic segmentation of the firm's massive labor force."--Jacket.