Making space on the Western frontier : Mormons, miners, and southern Paiutes / W. Paul Reeve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reeve, W. Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Frontier and pioneer life.

Intercultural communication.

History.

Social conflict.

Group identity.

Southern Paiute Indians.

Miners.

Latter Day Saint pioneers.

West (U.S.)--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Great Basin--History--19th century.

Great Basin.

Latter Day Saint pioneers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Miners--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Southern Paiute Indians--History--19th century.

Group identity--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Social conflict--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Intercultural communication--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

x, 231 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]

Summary:

Exploring the cultural interactions on the southern rim of the Great Basin in the last half of the nineteenth century

Contents:

1 Intersections 1

2 Making Space 10

3 Power, Place, and Prejudice 33

4 "Listen Not to a Stranger" 63

5 "To Hold in Check Outside Influences" 85

6 "The Out-Post of Civilization" 113

7 "Dead and Dying in the Sagebrush" 136

8 Transformations 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780252031267

0252031261

OCLC:

71426852