This book explores the values and aspirations of early settlers in the American Far West. It compares those who settled in the Willamette Valley in the 1840s, the Utah Valley in the 1850s, and the Boise Valley in the 1860s. The Oregon and Utah settlers tried with differing degrees of success to resist the modernizing trends represented by Idaho, but ultimately adopted their individualistic, commercial, and acquisitive values. How did Americans move away from a culture centering on family and kin and from attitudes that ...
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This book explores the values and aspirations of early settlers in the American Far West. It compares those who settled in the Willamette Valley in the 1840s, the Utah Valley in the 1850s, and the Boise Valley in the 1860s. The Oregon and Utah settlers tried with differing degrees of success to resist the modernizing trends represented by Idaho, but ultimately adopted their individualistic, commercial, and acquisitive values. How did Americans move away from a culture centering on family and kin and from attitudes that valued and protected the land, not for its commercial worth, but as the base of support for future generations? What led to the present tendency to pursue individual pleasure and material well-being at the expense of communal and broader societal well-being? These two questions are central to this comparative study of the three groups who pioneered the Western frontier.
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Very Good. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Line drawings, Halftones, Maps, Tables. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History . 280 b/w illus. 4 maps 3 tables. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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Near Fine. 0521585759. Black marker dot on bottom edge.; Study of the values and aspirations of agrarian pioneers in the Far West; southern yeoman in the Willamette Valley, Mormons in the Utah Valley, and individualistic, commercial, and acquisitive males in the Boise Valley.; 8vo; 313 pp; Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. A nice hardcover in a protective Mylar sleeve with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours a tracking number and delivery confirmation.
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NF in VG+ jacket. Octavo. Blue cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Book has a very light bumping at the tail of the spine and at the very tips of the two upper outside corners. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 313 pages. Dust Jacket-has just a trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the tips of the two upper outside corners. Light rubbing along the upper edge of the front cover.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 313 pg. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History. Audience: General/trade. Book is straight with strong binding and clean text. First Edition 1994.