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Lewis and Clark : across the divide / Carolyn Gilman ; introduction by James P. Ronda.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilman, Carolyn, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)--Exhibitions.
- Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806).
- Indians, Treatment of.
- History.
- Indians of North America.
- West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Exhibitions.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel--Exhibitions.
- Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
- Indians, Treatment of--West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
- West (U.S.)--Ethnic relations--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 424 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books ; St. Louis : Missouri Historical Society, [2003]
- Summary:
- Two hundred years ago Lewis and Clark, two men shaped by Jefferson's Enlightenment ideas, encountered an Indian world they only partly understood. Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide expands and transforms their familiar story by fully exploring--for the first time--the cultural landscapes the expedition traversed. Carolyn Gilman draws from 50 different lending institutions to reassemble for the first and likely the last time the authentic artifacts of Lewis and Clark's journey across then-Indian lands. The result is a breathtaking new view of both the equipment the expedition used and the color, complexity, and diversity of the cultures they encountered. Because of the fragility of artifacts, the book documents more fully than the exhibition itself the equipment Lewis and Clark carried and the rich diversity of what was collected in this historic encounter of two worlds.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Objects of Our Journey / James P. Ronda 15
- 1 Imagining America 51
- 2 Learning Diplomacy 83
- 3 A World of Women 111
- 4 Depictions of the Land 135
- 5 Animal Encounters 165
- 6 Crossing the Divide 185
- 7 Trade and Property 213
- 8 Curing and Plants 249
- 9 Discovering Each Other 281
- 10 Filling up the Canvas 317
- Conclusion: Contemporary Voices / Carolyn Gilman 328
- Appendix The Journey of Our Objects / Carolyn Gilman 335.
- Notes:
- "This volume is a companion to Lewis and Clark : The National Bicentennial Exhibition, organized and circulated by the Missouri Historical Society ... "--Foreword.
- "Exhibition Dates: Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, January-August, 2004; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, November 2004-March 2005; Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, May-September 2005; Oregon History Center, Portland, November 2005-March 2006; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, May-September 2006"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-398) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 1588340996
- 1588340953
- OCLC:
- 51171791
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