Author: Colton StormPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN:
Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
Author: Colton StormPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN:
Category : Americana
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. NebraskaPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This work contains reminiscences presenting the fascinating history of the early settlers of Nebraska wonderfully. It describes how they lived, functioned, and what traditions they had, taking the readers on a beautiful journey to the life in 1800s Nebraska. A must-read for history enthusiasts.
Piecing the Quilt
Author: Barbara Pezalla PowellPublisher: University of Regina Press
ISBN: 9780889770904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This publication is a directory to sources of women's history in Saskatchewan which are available through the Saskatchewan Archives Board collections. Entries include collection name, collection location, finding aid number, list of files with dates and extents of women's material if available (or a description of relevant items), and an entry number to aid in cross-referencing. The sources include both written and oral history material (such as audio tapes). Includes personal name index.
Westering Women and the Frontier Experience, 1800-1915
Author: Sandra L. MyresPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826306265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Contains letters, journals, and reminiscences showing the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West.
Promised Lands
Author: David M. WrobelPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700618236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Whether seen as a land of opportunity or as paradise lost, the American West took shape in the nation's imagination with the help of those who wrote about it; but two groups who did much to shape that perception are often overlooked today. Promoters trying to lure settlers and investors to the West insisted that the frontier had already been tamed-that the only frontiers remaining were those of opportunity. Through posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other printed pieces, these boosters literally imagined places into existence by depicting backwater areas as settled, culturally developed regions where newcomers would find none of the hardships associated with frontier life. Quick on their heels, some of the West's original settlers had begun publishing their reminiscences in books and periodicals and banding together in pioneer societies to sustain their conception of frontier heritage. Their selective memory focused on the savage wilderness they had tamed, exaggerating the past every bit as much as promoters exaggerated the present. Although they are generally seen today as unscrupulous charlatans and tellers of tall tales, David Wrobel reveals that these promoters and reminiscers were more significant than their detractors have suggested. By exploring the vast literature produced by these individuals from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s, he clarifies the pivotal impact of their works on our vision of both the historic and mythic West. In examining their role in forging both sense of place within the West and the nation's sense of the West as a place, Wrobel shows that these works were vital to the process of identity formation among westerners themselves and to the construction of a "West" in the national imagination. Wrobel also sheds light on the often elitist, sometimes racist legacies of both groups through their characterizations of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In the era Wrobel examines, promoters painted the future of each western place as if it were already present, while the old-timers preserved the past as if it were still present. But, as he also demonstrates, that West has not really changed much: promoters still tout its promise, while old-timers still try to preserve their selective memories. Even relatively recent western residents still tap into the region's mythic pioneer heritage as they form their attachments to place. Promised Lands shows us that the West may well move into the twenty-first century, but our images of it are forever rooted in the nineteenth.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Author: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Proceedings of the Society at Its 34th- Annual Meeting ...
Author: Wisconsin. State Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
Book Description
Bibliography of American Historical Societies
Author: Appleton Prentiss Clark GriffinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Bret Harte
Author: Axel NissenPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617033599
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description