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The legacy of conquest : the unbroken past of the American West

Author: Patricia Nelson Limerick
Publisher: New York : Norton, ©1987.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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This study corrects the misperceptions of the American West based on representations from novels and films and shows how western history was--and is--a vast economic event.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Patricia Nelson Limerick
ISBN: 0393023907 9780393023909
OCLC Number: 14586977
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 396 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Part One: THE CONQUERORS --
Empire of Innocence --
Property Values --
Denial and Dependence --
Uncertain Enterprises --
The Meeting Ground of Past and Present --
Part two: THE CONQUERORS MEET THEIR MATCH --
The Persistence of Natives --
America the Borderland --
Racialism on the Run --
Mankind the Manager --
The Burdens of Western American History.
Responsibility: Patricia Nelson Limerick.
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This study corrects the misperceptions of the American West based on representations from novels and films and shows how western history was--and is--a vast economic event.

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