Witnesses to a Vanishing America

Lee Clark Mitchell

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Author
Lee Clark Mitchell
Publish Date
1987-04-21
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
320
Publisher Name
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691102236
ISBN-13
9780691102238
citemno
278791
Subtitle
The Nineteenth-Century Response
Edition
Hardcover
SKU
9780691102238

Description

Propelled across the continent by notions of rugged individualism" and "manifest destiny," pioneer Americans soon discovered that such slogans only partly disguised the fact that building an empire meant destroying a wilderness. Through an astonishing range of media, they voiced their concern about America's westward mission. Drawing on a wide variety of evidence, Lee Clark Mitchell portrays the growing apprehensions

Originally published in 1981.

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