Bibliograph

The West as America, reinterpreting images of the frontier, 1820-1920, edited by William H. Truettner ; with contributions by Nancy K. Anderson ... [and others]

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The West as America, reinterpreting images of the frontier, 1820-1920, edited by William H. Truettner ; with contributions by Nancy K. Anderson ... [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-379) and index

resource.governmentPublication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The West as America

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

22003579

Responsibility statement

edited by William H. Truettner ; with contributions by Nancy K. Anderson ... [and others]

Sub title

reinterpreting images of the frontier, 1820-1920

Table Of Contents

An overview of westward expansion / Howard R. Lamar -- Ideology and image : justifying westward expansion / William H. Truettner --Prelude to expansion : repainting the past / William H. Truettner --Picturing progress in the era of westward expansion / Patricia Hills --Inventing "the Indian" / Julie Schimmel -- Settlement and development : claiming the West / Elizabeth Johns -- "The kiss of enterprise" -- The western landscape as symbol and resource / Nancy K. Anderson -- "Doing the 'Old America'" : the image of the American West, 1880-1920 / Alex Nemerov

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