Go East, Young Man : Imagining the American West as the Orient / / Richard V. Francaviglia.
Transference of orientalist images and identities to the American landscape and its inhabitants, especially in the West-in other words, portrayal of the West as the "Orient"-has been a common aspect of American cultural history. Place names, such as the Jordan River or Pyramid Lake, offer...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan : : Utah State University Press,, 2011. ©2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Malleable Landscape; I. The Frontier West as the Orient (ca. 1810-1920); 1. The American Zahara: Into and Beyond the Great Western Plains; 2. In Praise of Pyramids: Orientalizing the Western Interior; 3. Chosen People, Chosen Land: Utah as the Holy Land; 4. Finding New Eden: The American Southwest; 5. The Far East in the Far West: Chinese and Japanese California; 6. Syria on the Pacific: California as the Near/Middle East; 7. To Ancient East by Ocean United: The Pacific Northwest as Asia; II. The Modern West as the Orient (ca. 1920-2010)
- 8. Lands of Enchantment: The Modern West as the Near/Middle East9. Another Place, Another Time: The Modern West as the Far East; 10. Full Circle: Imagining the Orient as the American West; Notes; Bibliography; Index