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Autore: |
Wright Will
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Titolo: |
The Wild West : the mythical cowboy and social theory / / Will Wright
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Ca., : SAGE, 2001 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource ([vi], 205 p.) |
Disciplina: | 302.540978 |
Soggetto topico: | Individualism |
Social contract | |
Individualism - West (U.S.) | |
Civil society - West (U.S.) | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-197) and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Individualism; Chapter 1 - The Social Contract; Chapter 2 - 'Natural' Individuals; Chapter 3 - The Invisible Hand; Part 2: Industrial Problems; Chapter 4 - Karl Marx: The Revolutionary and the Cowboy; Chapter 5 - Max Weber: Bureaucracy and the Cowboy; Chapter 6 - Emile Durkheim: Endless 'Frontiers'; Chapter 7 - Separating the Women; Chapter 8 - Removing the Indians; Chapter 9 - Sustaining the Wilderness; Conclusion; References; Index; File and Television Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Will Wright explores the continuing popularity of the myth of the Wild West, demonstrating how, as a cultural icon, it speaks deeply to a desire for individualism and liberty. The author discusses the myth through market and social theory. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Wild West ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4462-4062-2 |
0-7619-5233-0 | |
1-280-36934-5 | |
9786610369348 | |
1-4129-3388-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828425903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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