The Mountainous West: Explorations in Historical Geography

by William Wyckoff and Lary M. Dilsaver

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Traditional interpretations of the American West have concentrated on the importance of its aridity to the region's cultural evolution and development. But the West is marked by a second fact of physical geography that distinguished it (from the experiences of settlers) from the east. As pioneers struggled with the climate west of the hundredth meridian, they were also confronted by mountains strewn across the region and offering their own set of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803297599

ISBN13:9780803297593

Release Date:August 1995

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:422 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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