02780nam 22006372a 450 991049596350332120230828223904.00-520-91870-30-585-05751-610.1525/9780520918702(CKB)111004366716338(MH)006963254-5(SSID)ssj0000238738(PQKBManifestationID)12077877(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238738(PQKBWorkID)10234074(PQKB)11000600(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083799(DE-B1597)647663(DE-B1597)9780520918702(EXLCZ)9911100436671633819960503d1996 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrRitual ground Bent's Old Fort, world formation, and the annexation of the Southwest /Douglas C. Comer[electronic resource]Berkeley, Calif. ;London University of California Press19961 online resource (xiii, 321 p. )ill., maps ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-20774-2 0-520-20429-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.From about 1830 to 1849, Bent's Old Fort, located in present-day Colorado, was the largest trading post in the Southwest and the mountain-plains region. Although the raw enterprise and improvisation that characterized the American westward movement seem to have little to do with ritual, Douglas Comer argues that the fort grew and prospered because of ritual and that ritual shaped the subsequent history of the region to an astonishing extent.Frontier and pioneer lifeColoradoBent's FortFrontier and pioneer lifeBent's FortColoradoUnited States Local HistoryHILCCRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCBent's Fort (Colo.)HistoryBent's Old Fort National Historic Site (Colo.)HistoryFrontier and pioneer lifeFrontier and pioneer lifeUnited States Local HistoryRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & Archaeology978.8/95Comer Douglas C21082DLCDLCBOOK9910495963503321Ritual ground2861902UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress