Legacy of Conquest

Limerick, Patricia Nelson

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Author
Limerick, Patricia Nelson
Publish Date
01/01/2006
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
NORTON
Subtitle
Th Eunbroken Past of the American West
Number of Pages
400
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0393304973
ISBN-13
9780393304978
SKU
9780393304978

Description

"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