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Crossing the frontier : photographs of the developing West, 1849 to the present
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Crossing the frontier : photographs of the developing West, 1849 to the present

by Richard Rodriguez

This photographic history examines the American West through over 150 images, spanning the nineteenth-century gold rush to contemporary industrialisation. Accompanying essays explore the environmental and architectural consequences of westward expansion.

Accession 31629 ISBN 0811814203 Publisher Chronicle
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