| Description |
xiv, 389 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... organized by the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, and shown at [the] National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., March 15-July 7, 1991, the Denver Art Museum, August 3-October 13, 1991, the Saint Louis Art Museum, November 9, 1991-January 12, 1992"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-379) and index. |
| Contents |
An overview of westward expansion / Howard R. Lamar -- Ideology and image : justifying westward expansion / William H. Truettner -- Prelude to expansion : repainting the past / William H. Truettner -- Picturing progress in the era of westward expansion / Patricia Hills -- Inventing "the Indian" / Julie Schimmel -- Settlement and development : claiming the West / Elizabeth Johns -- "The kiss of enterprise" -- The western landscape as symbol and resource / Nancy K. Anderson -- "Doing the 'Old America'" : the image of the American West, 1880-1920 / Alex Nemerov. |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Exhibitions.
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel -- Exhibitions.
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- Exhibitions.
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West (U.S.) in art -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Truettner, William H.
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Anderson, Nancy K.
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National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
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Denver Art Museum.
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St. Louis Art Museum.
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| ISBN |
1560980230 (h-cover : alk. paper) |
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1560980249 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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