{"product_id":"the-american-west-9780748622511","title":"The American West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404476096855,"sku":"9780748622511","price":94.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780748622511.jpg?v=1730486581","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-american-west-9780748622511","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}