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The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here she interprets the stories 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2006
- Pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.17in - 5.49in - 1.03in - 1.00lb
- EAN: 9780393304978
- Categories: • United States - 19th Century• Military - General
About the Author
Limerick, Patricia Nelson: - Patricia Nelson Limerick is a professor of history and chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Praise for this book
"Written with extraordinary grace and understanding, Patricia Nelson Limerick's The Legacy of Conquest returns the Western American past to the mainstream of national history."
