Looking West

(Part of the Contemporary Ethnography Series)

by John Darwin Dorst

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The American West is a region, perhaps more than any other in the United States, that comes to us in visual terms. The grand landscapes, open vistas, and magisterial views have made the act of looking a defining feature of how we experience the West as an actual place. In Looking West, John D. Dorst examines a largely neglected pattern of seeing that stands in contrast to the universally familiar iconography.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0812214404

ISBN13:9780812214406

Release Date:January 1999

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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19th Century Cultural Folklore & Mythology History Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences State & Local

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