Promised lands
promotion, memory, and the creation of the American West
by David M. Wrobel
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"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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American National characteristics, Biography, City promotion, Civilization, Economic conditions, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Local History, Memory, Pioneers, Regionalism, Social aspects of Memory, Social conditions, Economic history, Social aspects, Soziale Situation, Weststaaten, Beeldvorming, Identiteit, National characteristics, american, Frontier and pioneer life, west (u.s.), West (u.s.), history, United states, civilization, 19th century, United states, economic conditionsPlaces
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Promised lands: promotion, memory, and the creation of the American West
2002, University Press of Kansas
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0700612041 9780700612048
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.
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