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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480385803321

Autore

Bernstein David <1973->

Titolo

How the West Was Drawn : Mapping, Indians, and the Construction of the Trans-Mississippi West / / David Bernstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2018]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2018

©[2018]

ISBN

1-4962-0801-3

1-4962-0799-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Borderlands and transcultural studies

Disciplina

978.004/97

Soggetti

Names, Indian - Great Plains

Cartography - Great Plains - History - 19th century

Indians of North America - Great Plains - Maps

Electronic books.

Great Plains Maps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Living in Indian country -- Construction Indian country -- Sharitarish and the possibility of treaties -- Non-participatory mapping -- The rise and fall of "Indian country" -- The cultural construction of "Indian country" -- Science and the destruction of "Indian country" -- Reclaiming Indian country -- The metaphysics of Indian naming -- Conclusion.