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Pioneer Cemeteries: Sculpture Gardens of the Old West by Annette Stott (English)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN-13
- 9780803216082
- Book Title
- Pioneer Cemeteries
- ISBN
- 9780803216082
- Subject Area
- Art, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Publication Name
- Pioneer Cemeteries : Sculpture Gardens of the Old West
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Subject
- Archaeology, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Adventurers & Explorers, General, United States / General
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Number of Pages
- 404 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803216084
ISBN-13
9780803216082
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66033189
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
404 Pages
Publication Name
Pioneer Cemeteries : Sculpture Gardens of the Old West
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Archaeology, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Adventurers & Explorers, General, United States / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-015036
Reviews
"Pioneer Cemeteries is an informative addition to the study of the western built environment, particularly from the less frequently considered realm of public art."-Dena Sanford, Montana, The Magazine of Western History, "Illustrated with more than 80 photographs, this highly readable book shows how the pioneer cemetery emerged as a site of public sculpture."-Larry Cox, Tucson Citizen's Calendar, " Pioneer Cemeteries is an informative addition to the study of the western built environment, particularly from the less frequently considered realm of public art."-Dena Sanford, Montana, The Magazine of Western History, "This careful study discloses how cemeteries functioned as prominent sites of public art as much as they offered repositories of local history."-J. Decker, CHOICE, "I have taken students to Laramie''s Greenhill Cemetery several times for pedagogical reasons. Annette Stott''sPioneer Cemeteriesmakes me want to go back and look again, to satisfy my own curiosity."Quincy D. Newell,Annals of Wyoming, "I have never visited any of the cemeteries surveyed in Annette Stott''s comprehensive new work, Pioneer Cemeteries: Sculpture Gardens of the Old West, but reading her book is the next best thing to visiting them. The author takes the reader on a vivid, personal tour through dozens of overgrown, long-forgotten burial places in the Rocky Mountain area, as well as the surviving cemeteries that are still active today." -Marta Christensen Dawes, Nebraska History, "I have taken students to Laramie's Greenhill Cemetery several times for pedagogical reasons. Annette Stott's Pioneer Cemeteries makes me want to go back and look again, to satisfy my own curiosity."-Quincy D. Newell, Annals of Wyoming, "I have never visited any of the cemeteries surveyed in Annette Stott's comprehensive new work, Pioneer Cemeteries: Sculpture Gardens of the Old West , but reading her book is the next best thing to visiting them. The author takes the reader on a vivid, personal tour through dozens of overgrown, long-forgotten burial places in the Rocky Mountain area, as well as the surviving cemeteries that are still active today." -Marta Christensen Dawes, Nebraska History, "A moving reminder of the sheer transitory nature of American life."-Thomas McGonigle, ABC of Reading
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
731/.5490978
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments List of Cemeteries Glossary 1. From Boot Hill to Fair Mount: The Transformation of the Western Cemetery 2. Tombstone Carvers and Monument Makers of 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
Synopsis
Details pioneer cemeteries telling the story of communities and visual culture emerging within the landscape of the Old West, 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. Annette Stott traces this story through Rocky Mountain towns on the western frontier, from the unkempt "boot hills" of the early mining camps and cattle settlements to the more refined "fair mounts." She shows how people from Asia, Europe, and the Americas contributed to the visual character of the mountain cemeteries, and how the sepulchral garden functioned as an open-air gallery of public sculpture, at once a site for relaxation, learning, and social ritual. Here, widespread participation in a variety of ceremonies brought mountain communities together with a frequency almost unimaginable today. Illustrated with eighty-three striking photographs, this book shows how the pioneer cemetery emerged as a site of public sculpture and cultural transmission in which each carved or molded monument played dual (and sometimes conflicting) public and private roles, recording the community's history and values while memorializing individuals and events.
LC Classification Number
NB1803.U6S76 2008
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