The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
- ISBN-10
- 0393304973
- ISBN-13
- 9780393304978
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Patricia Limerick
Description
This study corrects the misperceptions of the American West based on representations from novels and films and shows how western history was--and is--a vast economic event. Reprint.
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