The Legacy of Conquest - The Unbroken Past of the American West

The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here she interprets the stories and the characters in a new way: the trappers, traders, Indians, farmers, oilmen, cowboys, and sheriffs of the Old West "meant business" in more ways than one, and their descendents mean business today.

About the author

Patricia Nelson Limerick is a professor of history and chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Summary

"Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Nelson Limerick, Patricia Nelson (University of Colorado at Boulder) Limerick, Pn Limerick, Limerick Patricia Nelson
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2020
• EAN: 9780393304978
• ISBN: 978-0-393-30497-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 25 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 473 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas