The Legacy of Conquest: Unbroken Past of the American West

图书标准信息

• 作者 Pn Limerick 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 1988-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780393304978
• 定价 216.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 396页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

The"settling"oftheAmericanWesthasbeenperceivedthroughouttheworldasaseriesofquaint,violent,andromanticadventures.Butinfact,PatriciaNelsonLimerickargues,theWesthasahistorygroundedprimarilyineconomicreality;inhardheadedquestionsofprofit,loss,competition,andconsolidation.Heresheinterpretsthestoriesandthecharactersinanewway:thetrappers,traders,Indians,farmers,oilmen,cowboys,andsheriffsoftheOldWest"meantbusiness"inmorewaysthanone,andtheirdescendentsmeanbusinesstoday.

【作者简介】

PATRICIANELSONLIMERICKisaprofessorofhistoryandthechairoftheCenteroftheAmericanWestattheUniversityofColoradoatBoulder.SheistheauthorofSomethingintheSoil(ISBN9780393321029),describedas"Westernhistoryasitshouldbewritten"inTheIndependent.