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Pioneer Cemeteries Sculpture Gardens of the Old West

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As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the "Wild West," cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of stability and progress toward a European-inspired vision of Manifest Destiny. As repositories of art and history, these pioneer cemeteries tell the story of communities and visual culture emerging together within the developing landscape of the Old West.

Title Pioneer Cemeteries Sculpture Gardens of the Old West / Annette Stott.
Publisher Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press
Manufacture Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE
Creation Date 2008
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-345) and index.
English
Content Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Cemeteries
Glossary
1. From Boot Hill to Fair Mount: The Transformation of the Western Cemetery
2. Tombstone Carvers and Monument Makersof the Rocky Mountain West
3. M. Rauh, Riverside Marble Works, and the Gendered Cemetery
4. Mail-Order Monuments and Other Imports: Rocky Mountain Cemeteries in a National Context
5. The Cemetery in Western Life
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Extent 1 online resource (405 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2008.
National Library system number 997010717085705171
MARC RECORDS
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