Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression

Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression
ISBN-10
0826353703
ISBN-13
9780826353702
Category
History
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Author
David M. Wrobel

Description

"This book examines how travel writers viewed the American West from the age of Manifest Destiny through the Great Depression. In the nineteenth century, the West was often presented as one developing frontier among many; in the twentieth century, travel writers often searched for American frontier distinctiveness"--Provided by publisher"--Provided by publisher.

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