The legacy of conquest : the unbroken past of the American west
(2019)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2019
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 42 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781515935339 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT12413302, 1515935337 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 12413302
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by Pam Ward
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 descendants mean business today
Mode of access: World Wide Web