American west : competing visions /: competing visions. ([2009])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karen R. Jones and John Wills.
• Authors: Jones, Karen R, 1972-; Wills, John, 1971-
• Contents: Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Introduction -- Part One Old West -- Chapter 1 Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West -- Chapter 2 Frontier Germ Theory -- Chapter 3 'The Gun that Won the West' -- Chapter 4 Cowboy Presidents and the Political Branding of the American West -- Part Two New West -- Chapter 5 Women in the West: The Trailblazer and the Homesteader -- Chapter 6 Women in the West: The 'Indian Princess' and the 'Lady Wildcat' -- Chapter 7 The Wild West Defiled: The American Indian, Genocide and the Sand Creek Massacre -- Chapter 8 The Thirsty West: Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas -- Part Three Recreating The West -- Chapter 9 The Western Renaissance: Brokeback Mountain and the Return of Jesse James -- Chapter 10 The Arcade Western -- Chapter 11 Turn here for 'The Sunny Side of the Atom': Tourism, the Bomb and Popular Culture in the Nuclear West -- Chapter 12 Re-creation and the Theme Park West -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 344 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 978/.0072; HISTORY -- State & Local; HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Historiography; Mythos; West (U.S.) -- Historiography; West (U.S.) -- In popular culture; West United States; USA -- Weststaaten; Electronic book; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748629732; 0748629734
• Related ISBNs: 1282088025; 9781282088023; 0748622519; 9780748622511; 0748622527; 9780748622528
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-337) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.