Visions Of The American West
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Visions Of The American West
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Author : Gerald F. Kreyche
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-11-21
Visions Of The American West written by Gerald F. Kreyche and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with History categories.
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 historical events of the nineteenth-century West, Gerald Kreyche also leads the reader in a search for the spirit of the West itself. That spirit was one with the American Dream, which offered freedom, individualism, and self-sufficiency to those strong enough and gutsy enough to heed the call of Manifest Destiny. Although the West was and is the most American part of America itself, its natural wonders, its spacious grandeur, its myths and mystique have captured the hearts and imaginations of people the world over. We have all experienced the quickened pulse at the mention of things indelibly western—tumbleweed, mountain men, high plains, cowboys and Indians, sod houses, coyotes, and grizzlies. And who doesn't react to such bigger-than-life figures as Jim Bridger, Buffalo Bill, George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse? The personal humdrum of our times rapidly disappears when, through the magic of western films, TV shows, and books, we vicariously lose ourselves and then find ourselves in the American West of a bygone time. The West, then, produced a quasi-separate culture. And, as each culture must, it gave birth to its own ethos, its own special character, its own tone and set of guiding beliefs. Kreyche contends that in the process of "westering," the veneer of the sophisticated easterner was sloughed off, leaving in sharp outline the frontiersman and the pioneer. In their own manner, these men and women produced a new species of homo americanus.
Visions Of The American West
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Author : Logan Ames
language : en
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Release Date : 2007
Visions Of The American West written by Logan Ames and has been published by Chartwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book contains paintings, photography, etchings and lithographs to provide a fascinating image of the US and North America in the 19th century.
Visions Of The American West
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Author : Don Gulbrandsen
language : en
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Release Date : 2007
Visions Of The American West written by Don Gulbrandsen and has been published by Chartwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book contains paintings, photography, etchings and lithographs to provide a fascinating image of the US and North America in the 19th century.
American West
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Author : Karen R. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2009-03-21
American West written by Karen R. Jones and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-21 with History categories.
The American West used to be a story of gunfights, glory, wagon trails, and linear progress. Historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner and Hollywood movies such as Stagecoach (1939) and Shane (1953) cast the trans-Mississippi region as a frontier of epic proportions where 'savagery' met 'civilization' and boys became men.During the late 1980s, this old way of seeing the West came under heavy fire. Scholars such as Patricia Nelson Limerick and Richard White forged a fresh story of the region, a new vision of the West, based around the conquest of peoples and landscapes.This book explores the bipolar world of Turner's Old West and Limerick's New West and reveals the values and ambiguities associated with both historical traditions. Sections on Lewis and Clark, the frontier and the cowboy sit alongside work on Indian genocide and women's trail diaries. Images of the region as seen through the arcade Western, Hollywood film and Disney theme parks confirm the West as a symbolic and contested landscape.Tapping into popular fascination with the Cowboy, Hollywood movies, the Indian Wars, and Custer's Last Stand, the authors show the reader how to deconstruct the imagery and reality surrounding Western history.Key Features*Uses popular subjects (the Cowboy, Hollywood westerns, the Indian Wars, and Custer's Last Stand) to enliven the text*Includes 13 b+w illustrations*Interdisciplinary approach covers film, literature, art and historical artefacts
The American West
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Author : Margaret Walsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The American West written by Margaret Walsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with West (U.S.) categories.
This is a succinct survey of the numerous contributions to the history of the American west. In the past twenty-five years historians have created a 'New Western History', which has aimed to rewrite the 'Old Western History' created around the famous Turner thesis on the significance of the American Frontier. Focusing on five main themes, this study examines and discusses the dynamics and progress of recent scholarship. Consideration is given to issues of land use, the environment, race, ethnicity, gender, business and the development of communities. Synthesising prolific research, the book offers a clear and up-to-date review for all students of American history. A full bibliography is provided for more extended study.
The American West Visions And Revisions
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Author : Margaret Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005
The American West Visions And Revisions written by Margaret Walsh and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
This is a succinct survey of the numerous contributions to the history of the American west. In the past twenty-five years historians have established a 'New Western History', which has rewritten the 'Old Western History' created around the famous Turner thesis on the significance of the American Frontier. Focusing on issues of land use, the environment, race, ethnicity, gender, business and the development of communities, this study examines the dynamics and progress of recent scholarship. This book will prove invaluable for all students of American history.
Visions Of The American West
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Author : Don Gulbrandsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-05-01
Visions Of The American West written by Don Gulbrandsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-01 with categories.
This is a companion to the book of landscapes. It is a journey through time and space, an unfolding story of the America's West artist-adventurers both in words and through the memorable paintings and photographs they left us.
Prairie Visions
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Author : James H. Nottage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Prairie Visions written by James H. Nottage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Painting, American categories.
Voices Visions Of The American West
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Author : Barney Nelson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Voices Visions Of The American West written by Barney Nelson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Photographed and edited by Barney Nelson. Introduction by Elmer Kelton. Memorial to Shawn Burchett by Helen & Peter Sarfatis.
Hell Of A Vision
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Author : Robert L. Dorman
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2012-10-11
Hell Of A Vision written by Robert L. Dorman and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
The American West has taken on a rich and evocative array of regional identities since the late nineteenth century. Wilderness wonderland, Hispanic borderland, homesteader’s frontier, cattle kingdom, urban dynamo, Native American homeland. Hell of a Vision explores the evolution of these diverse identities during the twentieth century, revealing how Western regionalism has been defined by generations of people seeking to understand the West’s vast landscapes and varied cultures. Focusing on the American West from the 1890s up to the present, Dorman provides us with a wide-ranging view of the impact of regionalist ideas in pop culture and diverse fields such as geography, land-use planning, anthropology, journalism, and environmental policy-making. Going well beyond the realm of literature, Dorman broadens the discussion by examining a unique mix of texts. He looks at major novelists such as Cather, Steinbeck, and Stegner, as well as leading Native American writers. But he also analyzes a variety of nonliterary sources in his book, such as government reports, planning documents, and environmental impact studies. Hell of a Vision is a compelling journey through the modern history of the American West—a key region in the nation of regions known as the United States.