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Author:

Wrobel, David M.

Title:

Promised lands : promotion, memory, and the creation of the American West / David M. Wrobel.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xi 322 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Regionalism--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
City promotion--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
National characteristics, American.
Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Memory--History--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
West (U.S.)--Civilization--19th century.
West (U.S.)--History, Local.
West (U.S.)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.

Contents:

Ghost of Western future and past. Part Three: Legacies -- Promotional contours and claims -- Second boosterist phase -- Photo essay, Imagined Wests -- Part Two: Memories -- Remembered journeys -- Organizing memories -- Photo essay, Remembered Wests -- Part Three: Legacies -- Promotion, reminiscence, and race -- Ghost of Western future and past.

ISBN:

9780700612048 (alk. paper)
0700612041 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49942926

LCCN:

2002007539

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)