The geography of hope.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

Ives, Stephen.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Ken Burns's The West ; episode 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Frontier and pioneer life.

Slavery--United States--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.

Slavery.

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 min.).

Place of Publication:

[Alexandria, VA?] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

By 1877, the American conquest of the West was nearly complete. For every Indian in the West, there were now nearly 40 whites, and as the Indian wars drew to a close, the last obstacles to American domination dropped away, and the country readied itself to assert control over the entire region. Between 1877 and 1887, four and a half million more people came West. Almost half settled on the western Plains, creating new towns in a region once thought too harsh for human habitation: Bismarck and Champion, Epiphany, Wahoo and Nicodemus. Some came seeking freedom, land of their own -- and opportunities they couldn't find in the East, while others found in the West a place to change themselves -- become someone else, to start over. But as more and more Americans arrived, there was less and less room for those who didn't conform. But even as Americans tried to 'tame' the West, they preferred to remember a gaudier version -- full of violence, adventure, and most of all, romance -- a 'Wild West.' And yet, between 1877 and 1887, Americans would come to learn firsthand just how 'wild' the West could really be -- and that no conquest could ever be complete.

Participant:

Produced by Stephen Ives ; created by Kenneth L. Burns.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 26, 2010).

OCLC:

701796643

Publisher Number:

ASP1003003123/ahiv