The American West: The Invention of a Myth

David H. Murdoch argues that Americans beliefs about the West have little to do with history and amount to a modern functional myth.

About the author

David H. Murdoch is Principal Teaching Fellow in the School of History at the University of Leeds. Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and Liverpool University, Dr. Murdoch has written widely on American History and has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 1980.

Product details

• Authors: David Hamilton Murdoch
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2001
• EAN: 9780874173697
• ISBN: 978-0-87417-369-7
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 213 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries