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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457313403321

Autore

McVeigh Stephen

Titolo

The American Western [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen McVeigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-76245-4

9786610762453

0-7486-2944-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

813.087409

Soggetti

Western stories - History and criticism

Western films - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 221-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The American West in the 1890's – a Pivotal Decade; Chapter 2: Founding Western History: Theodore Roosevelt and Frederick Jackson Turner; Chapter 3: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and the Codification of the Western; Chapter 4: Western Literature from The Virginian to Shane; Chapter 5: Western Film from Silent to Noir; Chapter 6: The Western and the Cold War: the Gunfighter, Heroic Leadership and Political Culture; Chapter 7: New Western Perspectives: History and Literature; Chapter 8: The Western and Political Culture, 1960–1992: Revisions of Shane

Chapter 9: Wanted Dead or Alive: 9/11 and the American Western Bibliography; Web References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This wide-ranging book illuminates the importance of the Western in American history. It explores the interconnections between the Western in both literature and film and the United States in the 20th century. Structured chronologically, the book traces the evolution of the Western as a uniquely American form. The author argues that America's frontier past was quickly transformed into a set of symbols and myths, an American meta-narrative that came to underpin much of the 'American century'. He details how and why this process occurred, the form and function of Western myths and symbols



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796802803321

Autore

Taylor Tony

Titolo

Class wars : money, schools and power in modern Australia / / Tony Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-925495-51-5

1-925495-48-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 318 pages)

Collana

Monash studies in Australian society

Disciplina

379.94

Soggetti

Education and state - Australia

Education - Economic aspects - Australia

Education - Political aspects

Education - Australia - Finance

Education - Aims and objectives - Australia

School management and organization - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia