American West competing visions / Karen R. Jones and John Wills.

Author/creator Jones, Karen R., 1972-
Other author Wills, John, 1971-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
Descriptionvi, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [324]-337) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009482147
ISBN0748622519
ISBN9780748622511
ISBN0748622527 (pbk.)
ISBN9780748622528 (pbk.)

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