Promised lands
Subtitle: promotion, memory, and the creation of the American West
By: David M. Wrobel.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Regionalism -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; City promotion -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; National characteristics, American.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Memory -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; West (U.S.) -- Civilization -- 19th century.; West (U.S.) -- History, Local.; West (U.S.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In the era Wrobel examines, promoters painted the future of each western place as if it were already present, while the old-timers preserved the past as if it were still present. But, as he also demonstrates, that West has not really changed much: promoters still tout its promise, while old-timers still try to preserve their selective memories. Even relatively recent western residents still tap into the region's mythic pioneer heritage as they form their attachments to place.

Promised Lands shows us that the West may well move into the twenty-first century, but our images of it are forever rooted in the nineteenth."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Promotional contours and claims; title: The second boosterist phase; title: Remembered journeys; title: Organizing memories; title: Promotion, reminiscence, and race; title: The ghost of Western future and past.