West of Emerson : the design of manifest destiny /
by Fresonke, Kris.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003Description: xii, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0520225090 (alk. paper); 0520231856 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Knowledge -- West (U.S.) | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Knowledge -- West (U.S.) | Frontier and pioneer life -- Historiography. -- West (U.S.) | Manifest Destiny -- Historiography | West (U.S.) -- Historiography | United States -- Historiography. -- Territorial expansionOnline resources: Table of contents | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction I -- 1. Natural Causes: TheJournals of Lewis and Clark 19 -- 2. Zebulon Pike, Federalist Gloom, and Western Lands 44 -- 3. The Land without Qualities: Stephen Long and William Emory 65 -- 4. Emerson's 183os 88 -- 5. Emerson's Nature: West of Ecstasy 113 -- 6. Thoreau and the Design of Dissent 128 -- Epilogue: The Case against the Hamptons 151.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction I -- 1. Natural Causes: TheJournals of Lewis and Clark 19 -- 2. Zebulon Pike, Federalist Gloom, and Western Lands 44 -- 3. The Land without Qualities: Stephen Long and William Emory 65 -- 4. Emerson's 183os 88 -- 5. Emerson's Nature: West of Ecstasy 113 -- 6. Thoreau and the Design of Dissent 128 -- Epilogue: The Case against the Hamptons 151.
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