American west : competing visions / Karen R. Jones and John Wills.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Karen R., 1972-
Other Authors: Wills, John, 1971-
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > Historiography.
West (U.S.) > In popular culture.
Physical Description:vi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Old West
  • Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West
  • Frontier germ theory
  • 'The gun that won the West '
  • Cowboy presidents and the political branding of the American West
  • Part Two: New West
  • Women in the West: The trailblazer and the homesteader
  • Women in the West: The 'Indian Princess' and the 'Lady Wildcat'
  • The wild West defiled: The American Indian, genocide and the Sand Creek Massacre
  • The Thirsty West: Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas
  • Part Three: Recreating the West
  • The Western Renaissance: Brokeback Mountain and the return of Jesse James
  • The Arcade Western
  • Turn here for 'The Sunny Side of the Atom': Tourism, the bomb and popular culture in the nuclear West
  • Re-creation and the theme park West.