American west competing visions /
| Main Author: | Jones, Karen R., 1972- |
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| Other Authors: | Wills, John, 1971- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2009]
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| Physical Description: |
vi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Online Access: |
Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [324]-337) and index. Introduction -- Part One: Old West -- Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West -- Frontier germ theory -- 'The gun that won the West ' -- Cowboy presidents and the political branding of the American West -- Part Two: New West -- Women in the West: The trailblazer and the homesteader -- Women in the West: The 'Indian Princess' and the 'Lady Wildcat' -- The wild West defiled: The American Indian, genocide and the Sand Creek Massacre -- The Thirsty West: Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas -- Part Three: Recreating the West -- The Western Renaissance: Brokeback Mountain and the return of Jesse James -- The Arcade Western -- Turn here for 'The Sunny Side of the Atom': Tourism, the bomb and popular culture in the nuclear West -- Re-creation and the theme park West. |
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| Physical Description: |
vi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [324]-337) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0748622519 9780748622511 0748622527 9780748622528 |