| The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West Contributor(s): Limerick, Patricia Nelson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393304973 ISBN-13: 9780393304978 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: "Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today."--Richard White 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. 28 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 978 |
| LCCN: 2007279449 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 5.49" W x 8.17" (1.00 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |