American west : competing visions /: competing visions. ([2009])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- American west : competing visions /: competing visions. ([2009])
- Main Title:
- American west : competing visions
- 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.
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