Beyond Lewis and Clark The Army Explores the West |
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| Author:
| Ronda, James P. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-295-98356-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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* Offers a corrective vision of the history of the Corps of Discovery * Puts Lewis and Clark into the broad pattern of Enlightenment-era science and empire-building, and establishes how the Jeffersonian model of exploration endured to varying degrees through other army expeditions
* Offers a corrective vision of the history of the Corps of Discovery * Puts Lewis and Clark into the broad pattern of Enlightenment-era science and empire-building, and establishes how the Jeffersonian model of exploration endured to varying degrees through other army expeditions