
The Contested Plains
Indians, Goldseekers and the Rush to Colorado
Elliott West(Author)
University Press of Kansas
Published on 30. April 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
422 pages
978-0-7006-1029-7 (ISBN)
Description
Although many books have been written about the Colorado gold rush, this one concentrates on assessing the cataclysmic changes that it brought to the Great Plains. In addition, rather than casting the story in the usual terms of heartless aggressors and hapless victims, it supplies a large and insightful interpretation that at once softens and increases our understanding of the Anglo disruption of Plains Indian cultures. The book's lucid writing and extensive research give meaning to the frontier concept that has been lambasted for 30 years or more. West's story is a story of cultural revisions - and thus the imaginations and aspirations of many people.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kansas
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
31 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7006-1029-7 (9780700610297)
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