Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today. --Richard White
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 descendents mean business today. 28 illustrationsThe Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
W.W. Norton & Co
$16.44 - $37.02
- UPC:
- 9780393304978
- Maximum Purchase:
- 3 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 1987-01-30
- Author:
- Patricia Nelson Limerick Ph.D.
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- Reprint