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Promised lands : promotion, memory, and the creation of the American West
- Title
- Promised lands : promotion, memory, and the creation of the American West / David M. Wrobel.
- Author
- Wrobel, David M.
- Publication
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2002.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 322 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Regionalism > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- City promotion > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century
- National characteristics, American
- Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 19th century
- Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
- Memory > Social aspects > History > West (U.S.) > 19th century
- West (U.S.) > Civilization > 19th century
- West (U.S.) > History, Local
- West (U.S.) > Economic conditions > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Imagining and remembering -- Part One: Promises -- Promotional contours and claims -- Second boosterist phase -- Photo essay, Imagined Wests -- Part Two: Memories -- Remembered journeys -- Organizing memories -- Photo essay, Remembered Wests -- Part Three: Legacies -- Promotion, reminiscence, and race -- Ghost of Western future and past.
- Call Number
- IW 02-7274
- ISBN
- 0700612041 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002007539
- OCLC
- 49942926
- Author
- Wrobel, David M.
- Title
- Promised lands : promotion, memory, and the creation of the American West / David M. Wrobel.
- Imprint
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IW 02-7274