The West as America : reinterpreting images of the frontier, 1820-1920 / edited by William H. Truettner ; with contributions by Nancy K. Anderson [and others].

Format Book
Publication InfoWashington : Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1991.
Descriptionxiv, 389 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.). --Exhibitions.
West (U.S.)--In art. --Exhibitions.
West (U.S.)--Description and travel. --Exhibitions.
United States--Territorial expansion. --Exhibitions.

Other author/creatorTruettner, William H.
Other author/creatorAnderson, Nancy K.
Other author/creatorNational Museum of American Art (U.S.)
Other author/creatorDenver Art Museum.
Other author/creatorSt. Louis Art Museum.
Contents An overview of westward expansion / Howard R. Lamar -- Ideology and image : justifying westward expansion / William H. Truettner -- Prelude to expansion : repainting the past / William H. Truettner -- Picturing progress in the era of westward expansion / Patricia Hills -- Inventing "the Indian" / Julie Schimmel -- Settlement and development : claiming the West / Elizabeth Johns -- "The kiss of enterprise"-- The western landscape as symbol and resource / Nancy K. Anderson -- "Doing the 'Old America'" : the image of the American West, 1880-1920 / Alex Nemerov.
General note"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... organized by the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and shown at [the] National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., March 15-July 7, 1991, the Denver Art Museum, August 3-October 13, 1991, the Saint Louis Art Museum, November 9, 1991-January 12, 1992"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-379) and index.
LCCN 90041379
ISBN1560980230 (h-cover : alk. paper)
ISBN1560980249 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F596 .W493 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold