Patricia Nelson Limerick
Author of The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West
About the Author
Patricia Nelson Limerick is a professor of history & chair of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder. (Bowker Author Biography) Patricia Nelson Limerick is professor of history at the University of Colorado. (Bowker Author Biography)
Works by Patricia Nelson Limerick
Associated Works
Major Problems in the History of the American West: Documents and Essays (1989) — Contributor — 63 copies
Prayer to the Great Mystery: The Uncollected Writings and Photography of Edward S. Curits (1995) — Introduction, some editions — 37 copies
The Mormon History Association's Tanner Lectures: The First Twenty Years (2006) — Contributor — 8 copies
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- Canonical name
- Limerick, Patricia Nelson
- Legal name
- Limerick, Patricia Nelson
- Birthdate
- 1951-05-17
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Banning, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Banning, California, USA
- Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz (BA | American Studies | 1972)
Yale University (PhD | American Studies | 1980) - Occupations
- historian
- Organizations
- University of Colorado at Boulder
American Studies Association
Western History Association - Awards and honors
- Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (2007)
MacArthur Fellowship (1995)
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- Works
- 14
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 719
- Popularity
- #35,295
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 22
- Favorited
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Earnestness aside, there's some really funny stuff in here. And a decent survey of western history scholarship. As is usual in academic books, you're better off skipping the first and last chapters, and you'll still run into some sentences like this: "When horses met Volkswagens in what had once been wilderness, it was obvious that a great deal had changed in the American West." [p. 134]… (more)