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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the history of the American West which offers a new, more balanced approach to viewing the Western past, covering the key themes and debates in Western history as well as competing academic discourses.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations; Introduction; Part One: Old West; 1. Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West; 2. Frontier Germ Theory; 3. 'The Gun that Won the West'; 4. Cowboy Presidents and the Political Branding of the American West; Part Two: New West; 5. Women in the West: The Trailblazer and the Homesteader; 6. Women in the West: The 'Indian Princess' and the 'Lady Wildcat'; 7. The Wild West Defiled: The American Indian, Genocide and the Sand Creek Massacre; 8. The Thirsty West: Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas; Part Three: Recreating the West; 9. The Western Renaissance: Brokeback Mountain and the Return of Jesse James; 10. The Arcade Western; 11. Turn here for 'The Sunny Side of the Atom': Tourism, the Bomb and Popular Culture in the Nuclear West; 12. Re-creation and the Theme Park West; Bibliography; Index.
