Lewis & Clark : legacies, memories, and new perspectives /

This is an exploration of the legacy of Lewis & Clark's momentous journey and, on the occasion of its bicentennial considers the impact of their westward expedition on American culture.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors / Creators:Fresonke, Kris, 1966-
Spence, Mark David.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
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Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Part I.. Contexts
  • 1.. Living with Lewis & Clark: The American Philosophical Society's Continuing Relationship with the Corps of Discovery from the Michaux Expedition to the Present
  • 2.. Wilderness Aesthetics
  • 3.. "Two dozes of barks and opium": Lewis & Clark as Physicians
  • Part II.. Legacies
  • 4.. The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition: A Constitutional Moment?
  • 5.. "Twice-born" from the Waters: The Two-Hundred-Year Journey of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Indians
  • 6.. George Shannon and C. S. Rafinesque
  • Part III.. Memories
  • 7.. "We are not dealing entirely with the past": Americans Remember Lewis & Clark
  • 8.. Sacajawea, Meet Cogewea: A Red Progressive Revision of Frontier Romance
  • 9.. On the Trail: Commemorating the Lewis & Clark Expedition in the Twentieth Century
  • Part IV.. New Perspectives
  • 10.. Let's Play Lewis & Clark: Strange Visions of Nature and History at the Bicentennial
  • 11.. On the Tourist Trail with Lewis & Clark: Issues of Interpretation and Preservation
  • 12.. The Lewis & Clark Bicentennial: Putting Tribes Back on the Map
  • Epilogue: "We proceeded on"
  • List of Contributors
  • Index