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Three Frontiers
Family, Land, And Society In The American West, 1850-1900
- Editore:
Cambridge University Press
- EAN:
9780521585750
- ISBN:
0521585759
- Pagine:
- 336
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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How did Americans move away from a culture centering on family and kin, from attitudes that valued land as a basis of support for future generations? What led to our present materialistic tendencies at the expense of communal and broader societal well-being? This award-winning seeks answers by comparing three19th-century western migrationsto the Willamette Valley, the Utah Valley and the Boise Valley. Photos. Illus. Maps.
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