Promised Lands Promotion, Memory, and the Creation of the American West

Name: Promised Lands Promotion, Memory, and the Creation of the American West
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ISBN: 9780700618231

ISBN-10: 0700618236

ISBN-13: 9780700618231

Edition: 2002

Authors: David M. Wrobel

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Whether seen as a land of opportunity or as paradise lost, the American West took shape in the nation's imagination with the help of those who wrote about it; but two groups who did much to shape that perception are often overlooked today. Promoters trying to lure settlers and investors to the West insisted that the frontier had already been tamed-that the only frontiers remaining were those of opportunity. Through posters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and other printed pieces, these boosters literally imagined places into existence by depicting backwater areas as settled, culturally developed regions where newcomers would find none of the hardships associated with frontier life. Quick on…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 10/31/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Imagining and Remembering



Promises



Promotional Contours and Claims


The Power of Imagination


The Qualification of Frontiers


Promoting the "New West"


Comparing Promised Lands


Havens of Culture, Climate, and Agriculture


Boosterism on Trial



The Second Boosterist Phase


Depression, Catastrophe, and Recovery


Regional Wonderlands


Cautions and Claims in Eden


Photo Essay, Imagined Wests



Memories



Remembered Journeys


Death Valley Memories


Pullman Pioneers


The Quintessential Journey Reenactor


Reminiscences of a Booster's Wife



Organizing Memories


Forging a Frontier Heritage


Manhood, Femininity, and Memory


Object Lessons for New Generations


Subregional Divides of Western Memory


Photo Essay, Remembered Wests



Legacies



Promotion, Reminiscence, and Race


California as Tainted Eden


Promoting the Southwest


Wonderlands of Whiteness and Color


Remembering Race Relations



The Ghosts of Western Future and Past


The Enduring Frontier Heritage


Primacy, Authenticity, Promise, and Place


Californication in the Contemporay West


Change, Mythology, and Regional Identity


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index