dc.contributor.advisor | Mills, Bruce, 1958- | |
dc.contributor.author | Matthews, Tamara | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-10T14:50:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-10T14:50:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10920/21684 | |
dc.description | vii, 81 p. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | I set out on this project hoping to come to an understanding of the "Go West"
mentality. I found myself delving deep into the stories of westward expansion in
America, and came out with less of an understanding of how that mentality applied to the
lives of nineteenth century Americans and more of an understanding of how that
mentality applies to my own life.
This work is an amalgamation of historical narrative and personal history. It looks
into the social contexts of living in the West today as well as the motives influencing the
lives of particular pioneer figures. Both past and present intermingle. Personal and
historical collide and become indistinguishable. The conclusions that arise lead me to
acknowledge certain undeniable realities affecting my own life and open up for
consideration how those realities can be applied to everyone. | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Kalamazoo College English Senior Individualized Projects Collection | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Senior Individualized Projects. English.; | |
dc.rights | U.S. copyright laws protect this material. Commercial use or distribution of this material is not permitted without prior written permission of the copyright holder. All rights reserved. | |
dc.title | Westward I Go Free: Discovering What Sparks and What Hinders the "Go West" Mentality | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |