Publication

2010 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

86,000 words, Guess

Page Count

344 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780300139013
  • Open LibraryOL24539284M

Classifications

  • DDC978/.02
  • LCCF592.7.C565 K37 2010
  • LCCF592.7
and 1 more
  • LCCF592.7.C565 K37 2011

Description

"By examining the life and career of William Clark, this book explores how the North American West entered the American imagination. Clark was among the most important western officials of his generation, and he worked to represent the West during a period of tremendous uncertainty and change. Without ever calling himself a writer or an artist, Clark nonetheless drew maps, helped to produce books, drafted lengthy reports, surveyed the landscape, and wrote numerous journals that made sense of the West and its future for Americans who were fascinated by the region's potential but also fearful of its dangers. William Clark's World situates the descriptive words and pictures created by Clark and his contemporaries at the center of a discussion of western history and cultural development."--Dust jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Lamar series in western history

Other Editions

  • William Clark's world: describing America in an age of unknownsYale University Press2010-01-01

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