Hell on the Range: A Story of Honor, Conscience, and the American West - Couverture rigide

Herman, Daniel Justin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300137362 ISBN 13 : 9780300137361

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2010

Synopsis

In this lively account of Arizonas Rim Country War of the 1880s, historian Daniel Justin Herman explores a web of conflict involving Mormons, Texas cowboys, New Mexican sheepherders, Jewish merchants, and mixed-blood ranchers. Their story, contends Herman, offers a fresh perspective on Western violence, Western identity, and American cultural history. At the heart of Arizonas range war, argues Herman, was a conflict between cowboys code of honour and Mormons code of conscience. He investigates the sources of these attitudes, tracks them into the early twentieth century, and offers rich insights into the roots of American violence and peace.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel Justin Herman is associate professor, Central Washington University. He is author of the award-winning Hunting and the American Imagination.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300137362
• ISBN 13: 9780300137361
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
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