Gunfighter nation : The myth of the frontier in twentieth-century America / by Richard Slotkin
Imprint
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 1992
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xii, 850 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Part I : The Mythology of Progressivism, 1880-1902 -- Part II : Populists and Progresstives : Literary Myth and Ideological Style, 1872-1940 -- Part II : Colonizing a Mythic Landscape : Movie Westerns, 1903-1948 -- Part IV : Democracy and Force : The Western and the Cold War, 1946-1960 -- Part V : Gunfighter Nation : Nyth, Ideology, and Violence on the New Fronter, 1960-1970
SUBJECT
West (U.S.) -- In literature
Western films -- Political aspects
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Frontier thesis
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century