LEADER 03514nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910166654603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60732-711-2 010 $a1-283-34145-X 010 $a9786613341457 010 $a0-87421-811-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000070109 035 $a(EBL)801410 035 $a(OCoLC)764691768 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606395 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11387171 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606395 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582329 035 $a(PQKB)11768384 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15308 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442878 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10516154 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL334145 035 $a(OCoLC)932313692 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL801410 035 $a(OCoLC)1048684650 035 $a(ScCtBLL)74152405-c3e3-43cc-9713-1a1142e35f27 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442878 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC801410 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000070109 100 $a20110518d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGo east, young man $eimagining the American West as the Orient /$fRichard V. Francaviglia 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLogan $cUtah State University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (362 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87421-809-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Introduction: The Malleable Landscape; I. The Frontier West as the Orient (ca. 1810-1920); 1. The American Zahara: Into and Beyond the Great Western Plains; 2. In Praise of Pyramids: Orientalizing the Western Interior; 3. Chosen People, Chosen Land: Utah as the Holy Land; 4. Finding New Eden: The American Southwest; 5. The Far East in the Far West: Chinese and Japanese California; 6. Syria on the Pacific: California as the Near/Middle East; 7. To Ancient East by Ocean United: The Pacific Northwest as Asia; II. The Modern West as the Orient (ca. 1920-2010) 327 $a8. Lands of Enchantment: The Modern West as the Near/Middle East9. Another Place, Another Time: The Modern West as the Far East; 10. Full Circle: Imagining the Orient as the American West; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aTransference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West-in other words, portrayal of the West as the "Orient"-has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer notable examples, but the imagery and its varied meanings are more widespread and significant. Understanding that range and significance, especially to the western part of the continent, means coming to terms with the complicated, nuanced ideas of the Orient and of the North American continent that 606 $aOrientalism$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aEast and West 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xCivilization 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$xAsian influences 607 $aAsia$xForeign public opinion, American 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion 615 0$aOrientalism$xHistory. 615 0$aEast and West. 676 $a978 700 $aFrancaviglia$b Richard V$0858219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910166654603321 996 $aGo east, young man$91962659 997 $aUNINA