Aestheticising the Blackfoot Valley (Montana, USA), or How to Reconcile the Mining Frontier and the Eco-Frontier

This article presents a Rocky Mountain valley in the state of Montana (USA), a central symbolic space of the American West that is heavily marked by the identity-charged notions of “wilderness” and “frontier”. With a rich history in mining, logging and ranching benefitting pioneers, the Blackfoot Va...

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Main Authors: Sylvain Guyot, Gabrielle Saumon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3738