The Legacy of Conquest
The Unbroken Past of the American West
Patricia Nelson Limerick (Author, University of Colorado at Boulder)
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"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.
Book Details
- Paperback
- January 2006
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ISBN 978-0-393-30497-8
- 5.5 × 8.3 in
/ 400 pages
- Sales Territory: Worldwide
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