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- catalog abstract "From Thomas Hart Benton's famous speech in the Senate when he argued that nonwhite civilizations must fall before the western expansion of white Americans to Black Elk's story of a way of life lost on the frozen ground at Wounded Knee, Gary Noy offers a representative sampling of the many Wests that historians have struggled to define for over a century. Distant Horizon chronicles the dusty world of the cowboy, the hardscrabble existence of the farmer and the settler, and the miner's vision of golden glory. It examines the independent nature of the explorer and mountain man and the sometimes heroic, sometimes cruel existence of the soldier. We hear the voices of those outside the mainstream of power - women and westerners of color - and explore the most tragic element of western history: the confinement, subjugation, and extermination of Native Americans. No other single volume provides as many readings on as many topics in the history of the American West.".
- catalog contributor b11120186.
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) History 19th century Sources.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "From Thomas Hart Benton's famous speech in the Senate when he argued that nonwhite civilizations must fall before the western expansion of white Americans to Black Elk's story of a way of life lost on the frozen ground at Wounded Knee, Gary Noy offers a representative sampling of the many Wests that historians have struggled to define for over a century. Distant Horizon chronicles the dusty world of the cowboy, the hardscrabble existence of the farmer and the settler, and the miner's vision of golden glory. It examines the independent nature of the explorer and mountain man and the sometimes heroic, sometimes cruel existence of the soldier. We hear the voices of those outside the mainstream of power - women and westerners of color - and explore the most tragic element of western history: the confinement, subjugation, and extermination of Native Americans. No other single volume provides as many readings on as many topics in the history of the American West.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.445-455) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Spirit and the myth: Spirit -- Myth -- Explorers and mountain men -- Farmers and townsfolk -- Bury me in a tree: Mining frontier -- Iron horse: Railroad in the American west -- People and the response: Native Americans and dominant culture: People -- Response -- On both sides of the tin badge -- Women of the American west -- Westerners of color -- Far-flung battle line: Soldiers in the American west -- Cowboys and cowmen -- Sources -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 467 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Distant horizon.".
- catalog identifier "0803283717 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Distant horizon.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Distant horizon.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) History 19th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "978/.02 21".
- catalog subject "F591 .D58 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Spirit and the myth: Spirit -- Myth -- Explorers and mountain men -- Farmers and townsfolk -- Bury me in a tree: Mining frontier -- Iron horse: Railroad in the American west -- People and the response: Native Americans and dominant culture: People -- Response -- On both sides of the tin badge -- Women of the American west -- Westerners of color -- Far-flung battle line: Soldiers in the American west -- Cowboys and cowmen -- Sources -- Index.".
- catalog title "Distant horizon : documents from the nineteenth-century American West / collected and edited by Gary Noy.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Sources. fast".
- catalog type "text".