Frontiers of historical imagination : narrating the European conquest of native America, 1890-1990 / [electronic resource]
Klein, Kerwin Lee,1961-
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
1997.
The American frontier, a potent symbol since Europeans first stepped ashore on North America, serves as the touchstone for Kerwin Klein's analysis of the narrating of history. Klein explores the traditions through which historians, philosophers, anthropologists, and literary critics have understood the story of America's origin and the way those understandings have shaped and been shaped by changing conceptions of history.
Based on the author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The American frontier, a potent symbol since Europeans first stepped ashore on North America, serves as the touchstone for Kerwin Klein's analysis of the narrating of history. Klein explores the traditions through which historians, philosophers, anthropologists, and literary critics have understood the story of America's origin and the way those understandings have shaped and been shaped by changing conceptions of history.
Description based on print version record.

Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier thesis.
Indians, Treatment of
Indians of North America
Historiography
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier thesis
Indians, Treatment of
Indians of North America
Historiography
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States - General