Walter Prescott Webb

Broschiertes Buch

The Great Plains

Beschreibung

Walter Prescott Webb identifies the revolver, barbed wire, and the windmill as technological adaptations that facilitated Anglo conquest of the arid, treeless region of the Great Plains.

Autor

Walter Prescott Webb (1888–1963) was among the most important and influential historians of the American West. He spent his career at the University of Texas and enjoyed visiting appointments in London and Oxford. Webb was the author of a number of highly provocative books, including The Texas Rangers and The Great Frontier. Andrew R. Graybill is a professor of history and director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. He is the author or editor of four books, including Policing the Great Plains: Rangers, Mounties, and the North American Frontier, 1875–1910 (Nebraska, 2007).  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 156mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 858g
• ISBN-13: 9781496231338
• ISBN-10: 1496231333
• Artikelnr.: 62612487