Ritual ground : Bent's Old Fort, world formation, and the annexation of the Southwest / [electronic resource]
Comer, Douglas C.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
1996.
From about 1830 to 1849, Bent's Old Fort, located in present-day Colorado, was the largest trading post in the Southwest and the mountain-plains region. Although the raw enterprise and improvisation that characterized the American westward movement seem to have little to do with ritual, Douglas Comer argues that the fort grew and prospered because of ritual and that ritual shaped the subsequent history of the region to an astonishing extent.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
From about 1830 to 1849, Bent's Old Fort, located in present-day Colorado, was the largest trading post in the Southwest and the mountain-plains region. Although the raw enterprise and improvisation that characterized the American westward movement seem to have little to do with ritual, Douglas Comer argues that the fort grew and prospered because of ritual and that ritual shaped the subsequent history of the region to an astonishing extent.
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Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life
United States Local History
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology