Witnesses to a Vanishing America - The Nineteenth-Century Response (Hardcover)

Propelled across the continent by notions of rugged individualism" and "manifest destiny," pioneer Americans soon discovered that such slogans only partly disguised the fact that building an empire meant destroying a wilderness. Through an astonishing range of media, they voiced their concern about America's westward mission. Drawing on a wide variety of evidence, Lee Clark Mitchell portrays the growing apprehensions Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	1981
Authors:	Lee Clark Mitchell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-63806-5
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General
LSN:	0-691-63806-3
Barcode:	9780691638065

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!