Witnesses to a vanishing America : the nineteenth-century response / Lee Clark Mitchell.

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Mitchell, Lee Clark, 1947-

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Witnesses to a vanishing America : the nineteenth-century response / Lee Clark Mitchell.

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xvii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index.

Summary:

Propelled across the continent by notions of rugged individualism" and "manifest destiny," pioneer Americans soon discovered that such slogans only partly disguised the fact that building an empire meant destroying a wilderness. Through an astonishing range of media, they voiced their concern about America's westward mission. Drawing on a wide variety of evidence, Lee Clark Mitchell portrays the growing apprehensions Originally published in 1987.

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ISBN:

069106461X
9780691064611
0691102236 (pbk.)
9780691102238 (pbk.)

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Nature conservation United States History.
Conservation of natural resources United States History.
Frontier and pioneer life United States.
Indians of North America Public opinion.
Ethnology United States History.
Indians of North America.
Public Opinion history
Indians, North American
Ethnology history
Conservation of Natural Resources history
Nature Conservation États-Unis Histoire.
Conservation des ressources naturelles États-Unis Histoire.
Vie des pionniers États-Unis.
Peuples autochtones Amřique du Nord Etats-Unis Opinion publique.
Ethnologie États-Unis Histoire.
Peuples autochtones Amérique du Nord.
Conservation of natural resources
Ethnology
Frontier and pioneer life
Nature conservation
Indianer
Literatur
Natuurbehoud.
United States
USA
Indianer (Motiv)
United States Environment Conservation 1800-1900

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History

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Location: Library main 49149
Call No.: ID:89-B8170
Status: Available

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