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396 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393304978
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Description
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 ha...
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396 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393304978
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Description
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 ha...