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The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West

by Patricia N Limerick

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The "settling" of the American West has been powerfully perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventuresùmost with happy endingsù and a process that came to an end with the "closing" of the frontier in the 1890s. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the American West has a history grounded in primary economic realityùin hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation.

In The Legacy of Conquest, she interprets the sotries and the characters in a new way: the trappers, traders, Indians, farmers, oilmen, cowboys, and sheriffs of the Old West "meant business" in more ways than one, and their descendents mean business today.

Review:

"History buffs will appreciate this dynamic perspective on the real, as opposed to fantasy, West." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

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.

Synopsis:

"Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White
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About the Author

Patricia Nelson Limerick is a professor of history & chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393304978
Author:
Limerick, Patricia Nelson
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Author:
Limerick, Patricia Nelson
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Military - General
Subject:
History
Subject:
United States - 19th Century/Old West
Subject:
West (u.s.)
Subject:
United States - State & Local
Subject:
West
Subject:
West (U.S.) Historiography.
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
West (U.S.) History.
Subject:
United States - 19th Century
Subject:
US History-19th Century
Copyright:
1987
Series Volume:
Reihe 23, Bd. 1a
Publication Date:
20060131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
28 illustrations
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1 in 1.02 lb
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Product details 400 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393304978 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "History buffs will appreciate this dynamic perspective on the real, as opposed to fantasy, West." Publishers Weekly
"Synopsis" by , 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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