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The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
The Legacy of Conquest The Unbroken Past of the American West
Author: Patricia Nelson Limerick
The popular image of Western history is our own creation myth, writes the author, who teaches history at the University of Colorado. Frederick Jackson Turner's ethnocentric, nationalistic frontier is passe; modern historians have deemphasized the frontier, focusing on economics and the diversity of Western settlers. — Limerick shows us a comp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393304978
ISBN-10: 0393304973
Publication Date: 1/30/1987
Pages: 400
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
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