Across the Continent: Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and the Making of America.
F592
2004-011981
0-8139-2313-1
Across the continent; Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and the making of
America.
Title main entry. Ed. by Douglas Seefeldt et al.
U. of Virginia Press, [c]2005
222 p.
$29.50
In time for the bicentennial bi·cen·ten·ni·al
adj.
1. Happening once every 200 years.
2. Lasting for 200 years.
3. Relating to a 200th anniversary.
n.
A 200th anniversary or its celebration. Also called bicentenary. of the Lewis and Clark expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. , a
half-dozen essays examine the explorers' world and the complicated
ways it relates to our own. The contributors, whyo are historians,
anthropologists The following list is obsolete.
Please make no further additions to the list.
For scientists and scholars of anthropology, refer to the category . H
- Horatio Hale
- Peter Hammond
- Michael Harkin
- Michael Harner
- John P.
, and experts in public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. , look at the global
geopolitics geopolitics, method of political analysis, popular in Central Europe during the first half of the 20th cent., that emphasized the role played by geography in international relations. that provided the context for the expedition and at the
interest in science, shared by Jefferson, that both justified its
undertaking and was fueled by it. The essays consider the continuing
impact of the Corps of Discovery, including its effects on Native
Americans and its near-mythic status today. Earlier versions of essays
in the volume were delivered in the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Distinguished Lecture Series at the U. of Virginia.
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