1998, ISBN: 0300070888

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780300070880], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Yale University Press, New Haven & London], HISTORY: UNITED STATES: WESTERN: THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN WEST (THE LAMAR SERIES IN WEST… More...

[EAN: 9780300070880], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Yale University Press, New Haven & London], HISTORY: UNITED STATES: WESTERN: THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN WEST (THE LAMAR SERIES IN WESTERN HISTORY): LAMAR, HOWARD R., Jacket, AUTHORITATIVE: COMPREHENSIVE: INDISPENSABLE: FASCINATING: LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED: AS-NEW Stated First Edition hardcover (orig. October 2017) w/ full no. line at 2 indicating 1st printing, AS-NEW unclipped unpriced mylar-protected color-illustrated jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, AS-NEW cover w/ chocolate-brown buckram wrapping spine & extending 2.50" onto front & back panels HANDSOMELY covered in burnt-orange paper w/ titles BEAUTIFULLY gilt-stamped on front panel & spine, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMMACULATE front & back sepia-illustrated card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & w/ chocolate-brown cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior w/ dense texts typeset in Galliard printed w/ SPLENDID clarity in 3-column-format on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 8.88" x 11.22" x 2.26", 3.56 kg, xviii+1324 (1342) pp. * Thousands of entries arranged alphabetically from Ansel Adams & adobe architecture to Zion National Park & Zuni Indians; 100s of illustrations & maps; full coverage of all aspects of the West, including history, topography, famous people, places, & events; contributions by leading authorities; articles on 191 artists & writers, 47 gunslingers & outlaws, 58 Indian tribes & 70 Indian leaders, 61 cities & towns, 67 mountain men & explorers, 43 ghost towns, 72 forts & missions, & much more * The American West is an evocative term that conjures up images of cowboys & Indians, covered wagons, sheriffs & outlaws, & endless prairies as well as contemporary images ranging from national parks to the oil, aerospace, & film industries. In addition, the West encompasses not only the past & present of the area west of the Mississippi but also the frontier as it moved across each of the 50 American states, offering the promise of freedom & a better life to pioneers & settlers in every era. This authoritative, comprehensive, & lavishly illustrated single-volume encyclopedia is a rich source of information about these many American West, real & imaginary, old & new, stretching from coast to coast & throughout the country's history & culture. The encyclopedia, a thoroughly revised & expanded version of Howard Lamar's acclaimed 20-year-old Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West, consists of more than 2,400 entries in alphabetical order by more than 300 contributors, along w/ over 600 illustrations & maps (4 times more than in the original edition). The book includes articles by such authorities as Leonard J. Arrington on Mormonism, Anne Butler on prisons & prostitutes, John Mack Faragher on the fur trade, California, & television & radio westerns, Martha Sandweiss on photography, & Ron Tyler on western prints. Among the other topics covered are: (a) the formative period of each state; (b) the diplomacy of American expansion; (c) important discoverers & mountain men; (d) major Native American tribes, their leaders, & culture; (e) pivotal women such as Sacagawea, Annie Oakley, & Willa Cather; (f) African Americans, Asian Americans, & Mexican Americans on the western frontier; (g) novelists, artists, & filmmakers & the real & fictional people they turned into mythic heroes or villains; (h) politicians from Benjamin Franklin to Ronald Reagan; (i) major cities & landmarks; & (j) conservation & wildlife issues. The West continues to be a symbol of both America’s frontier past and its troubled future. This book is an indispensable introduction to its endlessly fascinating story. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Revered scholar & teacher HOWARD R. LAMAR is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University & former president of the university. He is also past president of the Western Historical Association * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this excellent book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL (for a nominal additional fee) & to all international destinations at our posted rates via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONA, Books<

1998, ISBN: 0300070888

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780300070880], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Yale University Press, New Haven & London], HISTORY: UNITED STATES: WESTERN: THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN WEST (THE LAMAR SERIES IN WEST… More...

[EAN: 9780300070880], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Yale University Press, New Haven & London], HISTORY: UNITED STATES: WESTERN: THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN WEST (THE LAMAR SERIES IN WESTERN HISTORY): LAMAR, HOWARD R., Jacket, AUTHORITATIVE: COMPREHENSIVE: INDISPENSABLE: FASCINATING: LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED: AS-NEW Stated First Edition hardcover (orig. October 2017) w/ full no. line at 2 indicating 1st printing, AS-NEW unclipped unpriced mylar-protected color-illustrated jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, AS-NEW cover w/ chocolate-brown buckram wrapping spine & extending 2.50" onto front & back panels HANDSOMELY covered in burnt-orange paper w/ titles BEAUTIFULLY gilt-stamped on front panel & spine, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMMACULATE front & back sepia-illustrated card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & w/ chocolate-brown cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior w/ dense texts typeset in Galliard printed w/ SPLENDID clarity in 3-column-format on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 8.88" x 11.22" x 2.26", 3.56 kg, xviii+1324 (1342) pp. * Thousands of entries arranged alphabetically from Ansel Adams & adobe architecture to Zion National Park & Zuni Indians; 100s of illustrations & maps; full coverage of all aspects of the West, including history, topography, famous people, places, & events; contributions by leading authorities; articles on 191 artists & writers, 47 gunslingers & outlaws, 58 Indian tribes & 70 Indian leaders, 61 cities & towns, 67 mountain men & explorers, 43 ghost towns, 72 forts & missions, & much more * The American West is an evocative term that conjures up images of cowboys & Indians, covered wagons, sheriffs & outlaws, & endless prairies as well as contemporary images ranging from national parks to the oil, aerospace, & film industries. In addition, the West encompasses not only the past & present of the area west of the Mississippi but also the frontier as it moved across each of the 50 American states, offering the promise of freedom & a better life to pioneers & settlers in every era. This authoritative, comprehensive, & lavishly illustrated single-volume encyclopedia is a rich source of information about these many American West, real & imaginary, old & new, stretching from coast to coast & throughout the country's history & culture. The encyclopedia, a thoroughly revised & expanded version of Howard Lamar's acclaimed 20-year-old Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West, consists of more than 2,400 entries in alphabetical order by more than 300 contributors, along w/ over 600 illustrations & maps (4 times more than in the original edition). The book includes articles by such authorities as Leonard J. Arrington on Mormonism, Anne Butler on prisons & prostitutes, John Mack Faragher on the fur trade, California, & television & radio westerns, Martha Sandweiss on photography, & Ron Tyler on western prints. Among the other topics covered are: (a) the formative period of each state; (b) the diplomacy of American expansion; (c) important discoverers & mountain men; (d) major Native American tribes, their leaders, & culture; (e) pivotal women such as Sacagawea, Annie Oakley, & Willa Cather; (f) African Americans, Asian Americans, & Mexican Americans on the western frontier; (g) novelists, artists, & filmmakers & the real & fictional people they turned into mythic heroes or villains; (h) politicians from Benjamin Franklin to Ronald Reagan; (i) major cities & landmarks; & (j) conservation & wildlife issues. The West continues to be a symbol of both America’s frontier past and its troubled future. This book is an indispensable introduction to its endlessly fascinating story. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Revered scholar & teacher HOWARD R. LAMAR is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University & former president of the university. He is also past president of the Western Historical Associa, Books<

1979, ISBN: 9780300070880

Hardcover

Used - Good. Text is in YES. "216 pages. Covers plasticised. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear to spine, covers and corners." Quantity Available: 1. Category: YES … More...

Used - Good. Text is in YES. "216 pages. Covers plasticised. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear to spine, covers and corners." Quantity Available: 1. Category: YES Language; Add. Inventory No: 043382. ., 2.5, London: New English Library. Good+. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Small sticker ghost to front cover, light cover ceases, unstamped library plate to front endpaper. ; Cover artwork by Tony Masero. ; The Edge Series; Vol. 32; 126 pages; Edge falls in with a young man seeking revenge for the death of his father ten years before. ., New English Library, 1979, 2.5, Yale University Press. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s)., Yale University Press, 3<

1998, ISBN: 9780300070880

Yale University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 1344 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-09-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.99 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4435522, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Kategorie… More...

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1998, ISBN: 9780300070880

Yale University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 1344 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-09-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.99 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4271748, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Kategorie… More...

Yale University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 1344 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-09-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.99 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4271748, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Kategorien, Bücher, Enzyklopädien, Lexika, Hand- & Jahrbücher, Schule & Lernen, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Textbooks, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Format: Illustriert, Lamar, Howard R. Yale University Press, 1998<