The new encyclopedia of the American West [electronic resource]
2011
Book
Abstract: The American West is an evocative term that conjures up images of cowboys and Indians, covered wagons, sheriffs and outlaws, and endless prairies as well as contemporary images ranging from national parks to the oil, aerospace, and film industries. In addition, the West encompasses not only the past and present of the area west of the Mississippi but also the frontier as it moved across each of the fifty American states, offering the promise of freedom and a better life to pioneers and settlers in every era. This authoritative, comprehensive encyclopedia is a rich source of information about these many characteristics of the American West, real and imaginary, old and new, stretching from coast to coast and throughout the country's history and culture.The encyclopedia, a thoroughly revised and expanded version of Howard Lamar's acclaimed twenty-year-old Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West, consists of entries in alphabetical order by more than 300 contributors. The book includes articles by such authorities as Anne Butler on prostitutes.
Main title:
The new encyclopedia of the American West [electronic resource] / edited by Howard R. Lamar.
Imprint:
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c1998 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2011.)
Collation:
1 online resource (2417 entries) : 1 image, digital files.
Notes:
Rev. ed. of: The Reader's encyclopedia of the American West. 1st ed. c1977.Also available in print version.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xv, 1324 p. : ill., maps
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781849728270 (online)9780300070880 (print)0300070888 (alk paper)
Dewey class:
978.003
LC class:
F591
Language:
English
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BRN:
502508
Electronic access:
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