Witnesses to a Vanishing America: The Nineteenth-Century Response

Author:   Lee Clark Mitchell
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   2669
ISBN:  

9780691638065


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Lee Clark Mitchell
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   2669
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780691638065


ISBN 10:   0691638063
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. ix*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. xi*PREFACE, pg. xiii*ONE. From Landscape to Culture, Preservation to Critique, pg. 1*TWO. The Vanishing Wilderness, pg. 23*THREE. Preserving Frontier History, pg. 65*FOUR. George Catlin's Mission, pg. 93*FIVE. Indians and Image Catchers, pg. 111*SIX. Their Tribal Lore Preserved, pg. 151*SEVEN. Melville's Cannibals and Christians, pg. 189*EIGHT. Toward Cultural Relativism, pg. 213*NINE. Weighed, Measured, and Found Wanting, pg. 253*TEN. Epilogue, pg. 269*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 281*INDEX, pg. 313

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