Legacy Of Conquest : The Unbroken Past Of The American West

"Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today."Richard White

The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic realityin hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here she interprets the stories and the characters in a new way: the trappers, traders, Indians, farmers, oilmen, cowboys, and sheriffs of the Old West "meant business" in more ways than one, and their descendents mean business today. 28 illustrations.

Patricia Nelson Limerick is a professor of history and chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Publisher: W. W. Norton
Distributor: W. W. Norton
Publication Date: 01-30-2006
Pages: 400
Measurements: 8in X 6in