| Main Title |
Something in the soil : legacies and reckonings in the New West / |
| Author |
Limerick, Patricia Nelson
|
| Publisher |
W.W. Norton, |
| Year Published |
2000 |
| OCLC Number |
42420946 |
| ISBN |
0393037886 |
| Subjects |
West (US)--History ;
West (US)--Historiography
|
| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EOAM |
F591.L57 2000 |
|
Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
06/02/2000 |
|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Collation |
384 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {345}-374) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Haunted America -- The adventures of the frontier in the twentieth century -- The case of the premature departure: the trans-Mississippi West and American history textbooks -- Historical lessons on Anza Day -- John Sutter: prototype for failure -- Turnerians all: the dream of a helpful history in an intelligible world -- Mission to the environmentalists -- Disorientation and reorientation: the American landscape discovered from the West -- The Gold Rush and the shaping of the American West -- Peace initiative: using the Mormons to rethink culture and ethnicity in American history -- Will the real Californian please stand up? -- The shadows of Heaven itself: the demanding dreams of the American West -- Believing in the American West -- A how-to guide for the academic going public -- Dancing with professors: the trouble with academic prose -- Limerick's rules of verbal etiquette. |
| Place Published |
New York : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2000. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
99047246 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20000522174856 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01738cam 2200289 a 45020 |
