Lewis and Clark
Subtitle: journey to another America
By: edited by Alan Taylor.
Contributors: Taylor, Alan, 1955-
Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press; Distributed by Booksource
Published: 2003
Place of publication: St. Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.  ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Peter J. Kastor; title: Thomas Jefferson's scientific project and the American West / David Thomas Konig; title: "A multitude of Indians": Indian country on the eve of Lewis and Clark / James P. Ronda; title: The professional culture of the Lewis and Clark Army / William Skelton; title: The geopolitical context of the expedition / James E. Lewis, Jr.; title: A journey's beginning: The corps of discovery and the diplomacy of western Indian affairs / J. Wendel Cox; title: "Pacific intentions": Lewis and Clark and the western fur trade / J. Frederick Fausz; title: Americans and their environments at the time of Lewis and Clark / Conevery Bolton Valencius; title: Thomas Jefferson and the expanding Union / Peter S. Onuf; title: Public perception of the expedition / Betty Houchin Winfield; title: A new encounter: The native oral tradition and Lewis and Clark / Angela Cavender Wilson; title: Author biography; title: Appendix: "Indian presents"; title: Appendix : Thomas Jefferson's instructions; title: Index