Ritual ground : Bent's Old Fort, world formation, and the annexation of the Southwest

Summary: From about 1830 to 1849, Bent's Old Fort, located in present-day Colorado, was the largest trading post in the Southwest and the mountain-plains region. Although the raw enterprise and improvisation that characterized the American westward movement seem to have little to do with ritual, Douglas Comer argues that the fort grew and prospered because of ritual and that ritual shaped the subsequent history of the region to an astonishing extent.

Record details

ISBN: 0520204298
ISBN: 9780520204294
ISBN: 0520207742
ISBN: 9780520207745
ISBN: 9780585057514
ISBN: 0585057516
ISBN: 0520918703
ISBN: 9780520918702
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.