Sources

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Epilogue 1

Epilogue 2

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and, of course, the sacred texts:

Humphreys, S. (2021). Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genre Trouble in Game Worlds. University of Nebraska Press. https://amzn.to/3JDPjTa 

Wills, J. & Wright, E. (2023). Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West. University of Oklahoma Press. https://amzn.to/4oWsV7Y 

Wright, E. (2022). Rockstar Games and American History: Promotional Materials and the Construction of Authenticity. de Gruyter. https://amzn.to/472v37F 

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It is thanks to the incredible work of historians like Holly Nielsen, Bob Whitaker, and Esther Wright, among many others, that I was encouraged to study history in video games in the first place.