Published by Univ. Press of Kansas (1998) no place given, 1998
ISBN 10: 0700608915 ISBN 13: 9780700608911
First Edition
Good plus or better, bottom corners & spine ends bumped. First Printing Cloth Clean, tight and bright. Lightly edgeworn jacket. Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:13:07 PM.
Published by Lawrence KS. 1998. Univ. Press Of Kansas, 1998
ISBN 10: 0700608915 ISBN 13: 9780700608911
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
grey hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xxiv+422p. b&w map. 27 b&w illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. american history. american indian history. history of colorado. ~ Deftly retracing a pivotal chapter in one of America's most dramatic stories, Elliott West chronicles the struggles, triumphs, and defeats of both Indians and whites as they pursued their clashing dreams of greatness in the heart of the continent. The Contested Plains recounts the rise of the Native American horse culture, white Americans' discovery and pursuit of gold in the Rocky Mountains, and the wrenching changes and bitter conflicts that ensued. After centuries of many peoples fashioning their own cultures on the plains, the Cheyenne and other tribes found in the horse the power to create a heroic way of life that dominated one of the world's great grasslands. Then the discovery of gold challenged that way of life and led finally to the infamous massacre at Sand Creek and the Indian Wars of the late 1860s. Illuminating both the ancient and more recent history of the plains and eastern Rocky Mountains, West creates a brilliant tapestry interlaced with environmental, social, and military history. He treats the "frontier" not as a morally loaded term, either in the traditional celebratory sense or the more recent critical judgment, but as a powerfully unsettling process that shattered an old world. He shows how Indians, goldseekers, haulers, merchants, ranchers, and farmers all contributed to and in turn were consumed by this process, even as the plains themselves were utterly transformed by the clash of cultures and competing visions. Enormously engaging and stimulating, The Contested Plains is the first book to examine the Colorado gold rush as the key event in the modern transformation of the central Great Plains. It also exemplifies a kind of history that fully respects our rich and ambiguous past ~ a past in which there are many actors but no simple lessons.
Published by Univ Pr of Kansas November 1998, 1998
ISBN 10: 0700609172 ISBN 13: 9780700609178
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Univ Pr of Kansas November 1998, 1998
ISBN 10: 0700609148 ISBN 13: 9780700609147
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Univ Pr of Kansas December 1998, 1998
ISBN 10: 0700609237 ISBN 13: 9780700609239
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good.
Published by Univ Pr of Kansas April 1998, 1998
ISBN 10: 0700608915 ISBN 13: 9780700608911
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.
Published by Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 1998, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A., 1998
ISBN 10: 0700609113 ISBN 13: 9780700609116
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 362pp/illus. Examines the changing relationship between the Press and the Military/Political side during Vietnam. How early there was a single vision and cooperation that even tually changed to distrust as Johnson and Nixon tried to manage the media.
Published by Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 1998, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A., 1998
ISBN 10: 0700609113 ISBN 13: 9780700609116
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 362pp/illus. Examines the changing relationship between the Press and the Military/Political side during Vietnam. How early there was a single vision and cooperation that even tually changed to distrust as Johnson and Nixon tried to manage the media.
Published by Univ. Kansas Press Lawrence 1998, 1998
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy 8vo. xiv + 237pp., map, index, Some small institutional stamps o/w a very nice copy.
Published by Univ. Kansas Press Lawrence 1998, 1998
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition dust jacket As New 8vo. 308pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, How the co-ordinated efforts of Submarine tracking rooms in London, Washington & Ottawa thwarted the German U-Boats. Many references to Australian, NZ & Canadian contributions.
Published by Univ. Kansas Lawrence 1998, 1998
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition dust jacket As New 8vo. xvii + 374pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Interesting analysis which claims to refute Victor Suvorov's thesis that Stalin was planning a pre-emptive strike (Icebreaker). This claim has never been taken seriously, least of all by Suvorov, aka a British Intelligence comittee, but Glantz persists in the myth of Soviet unpreparedness. Well-reasearched as usual however and well-written.