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Exploration and empire: the explorer and the scientist in the winning of the American West
Goetzmann, William H.
Year: [1993].
Publisher:  History Book Club. 
© William H. Goetzmann
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PART ONE Exploration and Imperialism: 1805-45
CHAPTER I Westward the Clash of Empires
CHAPTER II The Rediscovery of the Southwest
CHAPTER III Canada Moves South
CHAPTER IV The Mountain Men
CHAPTER V Something More Than Beaver
CHAPTER VI The Romantic Horizon
PART TWO The Great Reconnaissance and Manifest Destiny: 1845-60
CHAPTER VII When the Eagle Screamed: The Explorer as Diplomat in the Final Clash of Imperial Energies
CHAPTER VIII In Search of an Iron Trail
CHAPTER IX The Great Reconnaissance
PART THREE Exploration and the Great Surveys: 1860-1900
Chapter X The New Mountain Men: California's Geological Survey
Chapter XI The Army Way
Chapter XII The West of Clarence King
CHAPTER XIII The Last Stand of the Army Explorer
CHAPTER XIV F.W. Hayden: Gilded Age Explorer
CHAPTER XV John Wesley Powell: The Explorer as Reformer
CHAPTER XVI Epilogue: Beyond the Explorer's Frontier
A Note on the Sources
Index
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Title: Exploration and empire : the explorer and the scientist in the winning of the American West by William H. Goetzmann.
Author: Goetzmann, William H
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E-Distribution Information: University of Michigan Library, Scholarly Publishing Office
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2008
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Source Version: Exploration and empire : the explorer and the scientist in the winning of the American West by William H. Goetzmann. 
Goetzmann, William H
New York: History Book Club, [1993].
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00645
Subject Headings: • West (U.S.) -- History
• West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
Notes: • "Monticello editions."
• Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1966.
• Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required
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