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The fatal environment : the myth of the frontier in the age of industrialization, 1800-1890, by Richard Slotkin
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 636 pages
- Note
-
- Errata slip inserted
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Pt. I. Myth is the Language of historical memory. Exposition: the frontier as myth and ideology
- Myth and historical memory
- The frontier myth as a theory of development
- Pt. II. The language of the frontier myth. Regeneration through violence: history as an Indian war, 1675-1820
- Ideology and fiction: the role of Cooper
- Pt. III. Metropolis vs. frontier. The backwash of a closing frontier: industrialization and the hiatus of expansion, 1820-1845
- Utopia/dystopia: plantation, factory, and city, 1820-1845
- Pt. IV. Myth of a new frontier: renewal and breakdown, 1845-1850. A choice of frontiers: Texas, Mexico, and the far West, 1835-1850
- The myth that wasn't: literary responses to the Mexican War, 1847-1850
- Pt. V. The railroad frontier, 1850-1860. Prophecy of the iron horse
- The ideology of race conflict, 1848-1858
- The inversion of the frontier hero: William Walker and John Brown, 1855-1860
- Pt. VI. Toward the last frontier, 1860-1876. Regimentation and reconstruction: the emergence of a managerial ideology, 1860-1873
- The reconstruction of class and racial symbolism, 1865-1876
- The new El Dorado, 1874
- Pt. VII. The boy general, 1839-1876. West Point, Wall Street, and the Wild West, 1839-1868
- The boy general returns; or, Custer's revenge, 1868-1876
- Pt. VIII. The last stand as ideological object, 1876-1890. To the last man: assembling the last stand myth, 1876
- The Indian war comes home: the great strike of 1877
- Morgan's last stand: literary mythology and the specter of revolution, 1876-1890
- Isbn
- 9780689114106
- Label
- The fatal environment : the myth of the frontier in the age of industrialization, 1800-1890
- Title
- The fatal environment
- Title remainder
- the myth of the frontier in the age of industrialization, 1800-1890
- Statement of responsibility
- by Richard Slotkin
- Subject
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- American literature | 19th century | History and criticism.
- Etats-Unis -- Expansion territoriale
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- Frontier and pioneer life | United States | Historiography.
- Geschichte 1800-1890
- Geschichte | 1800-1890.
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Historiography
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 | Historiography.
- Myth
- Myth.
- United States -- Territorial expansion | Historiography
- United States | Territorial expansion | Historiography.
- Vie des pionniers -- Etats-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Vie des pionniers dans la littérature américaine
- Indiens -- Amérique (Nord) -- Guerres
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Slotkin, Richard
- Dewey number
- 973/.072
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E179.5
- LC item number
- .S6 1985
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Frontier and pioneer life
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- American literature
- Myth
- United States
- Vie des pionniers
- Vie des pionniers dans la littérature américaine
- Indiens
- Label
- The fatal environment : the myth of the frontier in the age of industrialization, 1800-1890, by Richard Slotkin
- Note
-
- Errata slip inserted
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pages [587]-618
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. I. Myth is the Language of historical memory. Exposition: the frontier as myth and ideology -- Myth and historical memory -- The frontier myth as a theory of development -- Pt. II. The language of the frontier myth. Regeneration through violence: history as an Indian war, 1675-1820 -- Ideology and fiction: the role of Cooper -- Pt. III. Metropolis vs. frontier. The backwash of a closing frontier: industrialization and the hiatus of expansion, 1820-1845 -- Utopia/dystopia: plantation, factory, and city, 1820-1845 -- Pt. IV. Myth of a new frontier: renewal and breakdown, 1845-1850. A choice of frontiers: Texas, Mexico, and the far West, 1835-1850 -- The myth that wasn't: literary responses to the Mexican War, 1847-1850 -- Pt. V. The railroad frontier, 1850-1860. Prophecy of the iron horse -- The ideology of race conflict, 1848-1858 -- The inversion of the frontier hero: William Walker and John Brown, 1855-1860 -- Pt. VI. Toward the last frontier, 1860-1876. Regimentation and reconstruction: the emergence of a managerial ideology, 1860-1873 -- The reconstruction of class and racial symbolism, 1865-1876 -- The new El Dorado, 1874 -- Pt. VII. The boy general, 1839-1876. West Point, Wall Street, and the Wild West, 1839-1868 -- The boy general returns; or, Custer's revenge, 1868-1876 -- Pt. VIII. The last stand as ideological object, 1876-1890. To the last man: assembling the last stand myth, 1876 -- The Indian war comes home: the great strike of 1877 -- Morgan's last stand: literary mythology and the specter of revolution, 1876-1890
- Control code
- 10925483
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 636 pages
- Isbn
- 9780689114106
- Lccn
- 83045084
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)718584
- Label
- The fatal environment : the myth of the frontier in the age of industrialization, 1800-1890, by Richard Slotkin
- Note
-
- Errata slip inserted
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pages [587]-618
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. I. Myth is the Language of historical memory. Exposition: the frontier as myth and ideology -- Myth and historical memory -- The frontier myth as a theory of development -- Pt. II. The language of the frontier myth. Regeneration through violence: history as an Indian war, 1675-1820 -- Ideology and fiction: the role of Cooper -- Pt. III. Metropolis vs. frontier. The backwash of a closing frontier: industrialization and the hiatus of expansion, 1820-1845 -- Utopia/dystopia: plantation, factory, and city, 1820-1845 -- Pt. IV. Myth of a new frontier: renewal and breakdown, 1845-1850. A choice of frontiers: Texas, Mexico, and the far West, 1835-1850 -- The myth that wasn't: literary responses to the Mexican War, 1847-1850 -- Pt. V. The railroad frontier, 1850-1860. Prophecy of the iron horse -- The ideology of race conflict, 1848-1858 -- The inversion of the frontier hero: William Walker and John Brown, 1855-1860 -- Pt. VI. Toward the last frontier, 1860-1876. Regimentation and reconstruction: the emergence of a managerial ideology, 1860-1873 -- The reconstruction of class and racial symbolism, 1865-1876 -- The new El Dorado, 1874 -- Pt. VII. The boy general, 1839-1876. West Point, Wall Street, and the Wild West, 1839-1868 -- The boy general returns; or, Custer's revenge, 1868-1876 -- Pt. VIII. The last stand as ideological object, 1876-1890. To the last man: assembling the last stand myth, 1876 -- The Indian war comes home: the great strike of 1877 -- Morgan's last stand: literary mythology and the specter of revolution, 1876-1890
- Control code
- 10925483
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 636 pages
- Isbn
- 9780689114106
- Lccn
- 83045084
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)718584
Subject
- American literature | 19th century | History and criticism.
- Etats-Unis -- Expansion territoriale
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Historiography
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature
- Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
- Frontier and pioneer life | United States | Historiography.
- Geschichte 1800-1890
- Geschichte | 1800-1890.
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Historiography
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 | Historiography.
- Myth
- Myth.
- United States -- Territorial expansion | Historiography
- United States | Territorial expansion | Historiography.
- Vie des pionniers -- Etats-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Vie des pionniers dans la littérature américaine
- Indiens -- Amérique (Nord) -- Guerres
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