Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley : making the modern old West

Harvey, Thomas J. 1955- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0806143215 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780806143217 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0806141905 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780806141909 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xii, 237 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
print
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2011], ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : an American occidentalism : the archaeology of a space -- Send out a rainbow : making Rainbow Bridge a Navajo place -- "Discovering" Rainbow Bridge for modern America -- The storehouse of unlived years : Zane Grey and the modern old West -- John Ford and Monument Valley : the production of a mythical national space -- Last notes of the canyon wren : saving a remnant of nature at Rainbow Bridge -- Salting the scenery : modern tourists in the modern landscape -- Conclusion : artifacts in the museum of a modern American space.