Nature''s Noblemen - Transatlantic Masculinities and the Nineteenth-Century American West

Zusammenfassung Explores the myth of the American West in the nineteenth century as a place for men to assert their masculinity by "roughing it" in the wilderness and reveals how this myth played out in a transatlantic context. The author uncovers the networks of elite men who circulated between the West and the metropoles of London and New York.

Product details

• Authors: Monica Rico, Rico Monica
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2013
• EAN: 9780300136067
• ISBN: 978-0-300-13606-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: The Lamar Series in Western History; Lamar Series in Western Histor; The Lamar Series in Western History; Lamar Series in Western History (YALE)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Gender Studies, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, Social Science, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states