The legacy of conquest: The unbroken past of the American West

Patricia Nelson Limerick

ISBN 10: 0393023907 / ISBN 13: 9780393023909

Published by W. W. Norton and Co., 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The legacy of conquest: The unbroken past of the American West
• Publisher: W. W. Norton and Co.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393023907
• ISBN 13: 9780393023909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

"Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here she interprets the stories and the characters in a new the trappers, traders, Indians, farmers, oilmen, cowboys, and sheriffs of the Old West "meant business" in more ways than one, and their descendents mean business today. 28 illustrations

Review

"Written with extraordinary grace and understanding, Patricia Nelson Limerick's The Legacy of Conquest returns the Western American past to the mainstream of national history."