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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150303403321

Titolo

The world of the American West : a daily life encyclopedia / / Gordon Morris Bakken, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, California : , : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

979-82-16-16853-9

1-4408-2860-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 volumes (xxxiv, 943 pages)) : illustrations

Collana

Daily life encyclopedias

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

978/.02

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)

West (U.S.) History 19th century Encyclopedias

West (U.S.) Civilization Encyclopedias

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Volume 1. Arts to housing and community -- Volume 2. Politics and warfare to science and technology.

Sommario/riassunto

"The World of the American West: A Daily Life Encyclopedia is a two-volume work that offers entries covering important aspects of the daily life of people who lived and worked in the trans-Mississippi West in the 19th century."--Provided by publisher.