Francaviglia, Richard.

Go East, Young Man : Imagining the American West As the Orient. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (362 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Malleable Landscape -- I. The Frontier West as the Orient (ca. 1810-1920) -- 1. The American Zahara: Into and Beyond the Great Western Plains -- 2. In Praise of Pyramids: Orientalizing the Western Interior -- 3. Chosen People, Chosen Land: Utah as the Holy Land -- 4. Finding New Eden: The American Southwest -- 5. The Far East in the Far West: Chinese and Japanese California -- 6. Syria on the Pacific: California as the Near/Middle East -- 7. To Ancient East by Ocean United: The Pacific Northwest as Asia -- II. The Modern West as the Orient (ca. 1920-2010) -- 8. Lands of Enchantment: The Modern West as the Near/Middle East -- 9. Another Place, Another Time: The Modern West as the Far East -- 10. Full Circle: Imagining the Orient as the American West -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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