AuthorCorkin, Stanley
TitleCowboys as cold warriors : The western and U.S. history / Stanley Corkin
Imprint Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2004
Edition 1st ed
Descript viii, 273 p. : ill ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Westerns, U.S. History, and the cold War -- Cowboys, Free Markets, Wyatt Earp, and Thomas Dunson : My Darling Clementine and Red River -- Melodrama and the Feminine Means to Empire : Duel in the Sun, Pursued, and Fort Apache -- Cold War Westerns and the Law of the Gun : Broken Arrow and the Gunfighter -- Korea, containment, and Nationalism : High Noon, Shane, and the Searchers -- Modernization Theory, Political Discord, and Intervention : Gunfight at the OK corral, The Magnificent Seven, and the Alamo -- Imperialist Nostalgin and the Road to Veetnam : Lonely are the Brave, Ride the High Country, and the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance


SUBJECT

  1. Cold war in motion pictures
  2. Westem films -- United States -- History and criticism

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Political Science Library791.436278 C799C CHECK SHELVES