Laura Ingalls Wilder and the American Frontier

Five Perspectives

Buch | Softcover

126 Seiten

2002
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-2285-1 (ISBN)

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Laura Ingalls Wilder and the American Frontier provides the reader with a broad sweep of information on Wilder not readily available in any other format. Included in this work are: discussions of Wilder's life; her writings and their influence on the interpretation of the American frontier, the feminine role in frontier life, Native American relations; and the use of the Little House as a teaching tool. Students of Western history, feminist scholars, home schoolteachers, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder following will find this an informative and enjoyable source.

Dwight M. Miller is a retired archivist. He served as Senior Archivist in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library from 1964 to 1999. He has edited several books, including: The Public Papers of the Presidents: Herbert Hoover, 1923-1933 (GPO, 1974-1977) and Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Documentary History (Greenwood, 1998).

Chapter 1 Laura Ingalls Wilder and the American Frontier
Chapter 2 Approaching Laura Ingalls Wilder: Challenge and Opportunities
Chapter 3 The Frontier of the Little House
Chapter 4 The Little House Books in American Culture
Chapter 5 Unconscious Inheritance and Conscious Striving: Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Frontier Narrative
Chapter 6 Laura Ingalls Wilder: An Elementary School Perspective
Chapter 7 Afterword
Chapter 8 Contributions
Chapter 9 Suggestions for Further Reading
Chapter 10 Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2002
Co-Autor	Elizabeth Jameson, John E. Miller, Ann Romines, Anita Clair Fellman
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	134 x 214 mm
Gewicht	168 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7618-2285-2 / 0761822852
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-2285-1 / 9780761822851
Zustand	Neuware