The Geography of Hope : The West, a Film by Stephen Ives / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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Many Americans who set out to change the West found the West changed them instead. This program explores a broad panorama of western experiences: those of Great Plains homesteaders and farmers, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic townspeople in California, Mormons in Utah, Buffalo Bill Cody, cowboys dur...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], ©1996.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life.
Immigrants > United States.
Indigenous peoples of North America > History.
United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.) > History.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (84 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:
West, a Film by Stephen Ives
Other Uniform Title:West (Television program)
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Many Americans who set out to change the West found the West changed them instead. This program explores a broad panorama of western experiences: those of Great Plains homesteaders and farmers, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic townspeople in California, Mormons in Utah, Buffalo Bill Cody, cowboys during the fall of the great ranching boom, African-American sharecroppers seeking a "promised land," and Native Americans on the reservations.
Note:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 23, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Electronic resource.
Interest Grade Level:
6 and up.
System Details:Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description.