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The forgotten founders : rethinking the history of the Old West /

A critical examination of traditional American West history asserting that families rather than gunslingers were the key players; discusses explorers, fur trappers, clergy, the Gold Rush, and the building of communities.

Основен автор: Udall, Stewart L.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Washington, D.C. : Covelo, Calif. : Island Press ; Shearwater Books, ℗♭2002.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=133710
Подобни документи: Print version:: Forgotten founders.
Съдържание:
  • Native peoples : the first forgotten founders
  • European settlers : human faces, far-flung places
  • Explorers and fur trappers
  • The religion factor in western settlement
  • The manifest destiny morass
  • California gold fever
  • Bootstrap capitalism in the Old West
  • The Wild West and the wrenching of the American chronicle
  • The Wild West and the settlers : contrasting visions.