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245 10 a| Something in the soil :b| legacies and reckonings in the New West /c| Patricia Nelson Limerick.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| 384 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-374) and index.;

505 0 a| Haunted America -- The adventures of the frontier in the twentieth century -- The case of the premature departure: the trans-Mississippi West and American history textbooks -- Historical lessons on Anza Day -- John Sutter: prototype for failure -- Turnerians all: the dream of a helpful history in an intelligible world -- Mission to the environmentalists -- Disorientation and reorientation: the American landscape discovered from the West -- The Gold Rush and the shaping of the American West -- Peace initiative: using the Mormons to rethink culture and ethnicity in American history -- Will the real Californian please stand up? -- The shadows of Heaven itself: the demanding dreams of the American West -- Believing in the American West -- A how-to guide for the academic going public -- Dancing with professors: the trouble with academic prose -- Limerick's rules of verbal etiquette.;

651 0 a| West (U.S.)x| History.=| ^A15489;

651 0 a| West (U.S.)x| Historiography.=| ^A1023935;

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596 a| 1;

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Something in the soil : legacies and reckonings in the New West / Patricia Nelson Limerick.

Author/creator	Limerick, Patricia Nelson, 1951-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : W.W. Norton, ©2000.
Description	384 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	West (U.S.)--History. West (U.S.)--Historiography.

Contents	Haunted America -- The adventures of the frontier in the twentieth century -- The case of the premature departure: the trans-Mississippi West and American history textbooks -- Historical lessons on Anza Day -- John Sutter: prototype for failure -- Turnerians all: the dream of a helpful history in an intelligible world -- Mission to the environmentalists -- Disorientation and reorientation: the American landscape discovered from the West -- The Gold Rush and the shaping of the American West -- Peace initiative: using the Mormons to rethink culture and ethnicity in American history -- Will the real Californian please stand up? -- The shadows of Heaven itself: the demanding dreams of the American West -- Believing in the American West -- A how-to guide for the academic going public -- Dancing with professors: the trouble with academic prose -- Limerick's rules of verbal etiquette.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-374) and index.
LCCN	99047246
ISBN	0393037886

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