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Author | : Robert Dykstra |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2013-07-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307830853 |
The mountain-top volleys from any scholarly set-to among social historians concerning the elusive roots of American democracy do reach our ears from time to time, and this rather formidable cannonade just may strike off some sparks, although it is hardly leisure reading. The author's efforts seem to have been spurred on by academics past and present (including historians Elkins and McKitrick) who have examined frontier communities and others more current and have concluded that democracy is a process of peaceful decision-making in a self-contained, homogeneous community. Dr. Dykstra, taking umbrage, has moved through the years 1867-1885 in five ""frankly ambitious frontier settlements,"" and has plowed up enough evidence in the social, political, economic, etc. areas to state with confidence that instead of the traditional view of conflict hindering progress, one should brace conflict with cooperation on an equal basis. Conflict, Dykstra insists was ""normal . . . inevitable . . . a format for community decision . . . change."" A shift in focus that just might--in an undoubtedly popular interpretation--cheer our chaotic days. A thorny, difficult book but worthy.
Author | : Raymond Bial |
Publisher | : Children's Press(CT) |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780516237060 |
Travel to the sites where colonial villages, longhouses, missions and presidios, frontier settlements, and cow towns once thrived. Bial's photography captures the amazing spirit of the many different people who carved communities from our rugged land. Discover how they built homes and started businesses, made and traded goods,m and worked incredibly hard to realize their dreams.
Author | : Harry Sinclair Drago |
Publisher | : New York : C.N. Potter |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Cattle trade |
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Author | : Jeff Savage |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishers |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780894906039 |
This book gives a good overview of the cowboy, one of the pioneers of the frontier. It covers cowboy's lives in the American wilderness, their habits, joys, sorrows, and what makes them seem such romantic heroes. A good book for reference, book reports, and entertainment.
Author | : Robert R. Dykstra |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Cattle trade |
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Author | : David J. Wishart |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 962 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803247871 |
"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective was to 'give definition to a region that has traditionally been poorly defined,' and they have
Author | : Floyd Benjamin Streeter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : American bison |
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Author | : Harry Sinclair Drago |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
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Author | : Gordon Morris Bakken |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 778 |
Release | : 2016-12-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Addressing everything from the details of everyday life to recreation and warfare, this two-volume work examines the social, political, intellectual, and material culture of the American "Old West," from the California Gold Rush of 1849 to the end of the 19th century. What was life really like for ordinary people in the Old West? What did they eat, wear, and think? How did they raise their children? How did they interact with government? What did they do for fun? This encyclopedia provides readers with an engaging and detailed portrayal of the Old West through the examination of social, cultural, and material history. Supported by the most current research, the multivolume set explores various aspects of social history—family, politics, religion, economics, and recreation—to illuminate aspects of a society's emotional life, interactions, opinions, views, beliefs, intimate relationships, and connections between the individual and the greater world. Readers will be exposed to both objective reality and subjective views of a particular culture; as a result, they can create a cohesive, accurate impression of life in the Old West during the second half of the 1800s.
Author | : Harry Sinclair Drago |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1960 |
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