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- catalog abstract "This book appears at a time of radical reassessment of what settling the West has meant in American history. Amidst questions now being asked about violence and exploitation as leitmotifs in western history, it is more important than ever to understand historians and their biases. In this interpretive synthesis, a major historian argues that the visions of the West held by successive generations of historians were as important as the historical record in shaping their writings. - Jacket flap.".
- catalog contributor b3047223.
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) Historiography.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-300) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The West as frontier, 1890-1945 -- The West as frontier, 1945-1990 -- The West as region, 1890-1990 -- The West as Utopia and myth, 1890-1990 -- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "This book appears at a time of radical reassessment of what settling the West has meant in American history. Amidst questions now being asked about violence and exploitation as leitmotifs in western history, it is more important than ever to understand historians and their biases. In this interpretive synthesis, a major historian argues that the visions of the West held by successive generations of historians were as important as the historical record in shaping their writings. - Jacket flap.".
- catalog extent "xi, 318 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Creating the West.".
- catalog identifier "0826312667 (cl)".
- catalog identifier "0826312675 (pa)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Creating the West.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Calvin P. Horn lectures in western history and culture".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Creating the West.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) Historiography.".
- catalog subject "978/.0072 20".
- catalog subject "F591 .N37 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The West as frontier, 1890-1945 -- The West as frontier, 1945-1990 -- The West as region, 1890-1990 -- The West as Utopia and myth, 1890-1990 -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Creating the West : historical interpretations, 1890-1990 / Gerald D. Nash.".
- catalog type "text".