Ride the Frontier. Exploring the Myth of the American West on Screen, Paperback - Flavia Brizio-Skov

With fresh appraisals of popular Westerns, this book examines the history of the genre with a focus on definitional aspects of canon, adaptation an...

Reducere. In The Fatal Environment, Richard Slotkin demonstrates how the myth of frontier expansion and subjugation of the Indians helped to justify the cour...

★ Publishers Weekly starred review. Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they compat...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Blaine HardenNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 215 x 139 x 30Cover type: Paperback / so...

States that the Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth. The author presents a sustained analysis of ho...

"Terrific." -Timothy Egan, The New York Times "A riveting investigation of both American myth-making and the real history that lies beneath." -Clau...

Publisher: Republic Book PublishersAuthor(s): Barry LatzerNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 235 x 25Cover type: HardbackR...

Reducere. Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, New York Times bestselling book Hearts West includes...

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Publisher: Kensington PublishingAuthor(s): J.A. JohnstoneNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 121 x 177 x 32Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. Who were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, rider...

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Reducere. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park draws on newly available sources to re-create the founding and destruction of the Mormon city of Nauvoo. On ...

Reducere. This book explores the evolution of Americans' first way of war, to show how war waged again Indian noncombatant population and agricultural resour...

Reducere. Awards🏆Nominee (1998) - Oregon Book Awards - (Nonfiction)Contributor(s): Author: Quintard TaylorThe American West is mistakenly known as a region w...

Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and pol...

The tribal unrest-stirred up by fanatical Islamic religious leaders calling for Jihad against the British-that erupted along the North West Frontie...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): John G BourkeNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 20Cover type: HardbackRedescopera f...

Reducere. Honoring the Circle: Ongoing Learning from American Indians on Politics and Society, Volume I: The Impact of American Indians on Western Politics a...

Reducere. Mention of the American West usually evokes images of rough and tumble cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. In contrast, The Not So Wild, Wild West cast...

Reducere. Life on the West Virginia frontier was a daily struggle for survival. For Phebe Tucker Cunningham, that meant the loss of her four children at the ...

Publisher: Stanton Atkins & DosilAuthor(s): Charles WilkinsNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 235 x 225 x 26Cover type: Hardback...

Reducere. An authentic voice from the western frontier Elinore Pruitt Stewart is renowned for her books 'Letters of a Woman Homesteader' and its sequel 'Lett...

Reducere. Alfred Rosenberg was one of the principal ideologues of the Nazi Party and editor of the Nazi paper Völkischer Beobachter. Originally published in ...

Reducere. Award NameBancroft PrizeAward categoryHistoryJames Merrell's brilliant book is an account of the "go-betweens, " the Europeans and Indians who move...

Unpicking the ever-changing myth of the West in photography, from the 19th century to nowPublished for an exhibition at the Figge Art Museum in Dav...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alfred RosenbergAlfred Rosenberg was one of the principal ideologues of the Nazi Party and editor of the Nazi paper V lkisc...

Reducere. Widely regarded as the second most-important book to come out of National Socialist Germany (after Mein Kampf), Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the ...

Reducere. Widely regarded as the second most-important book to come out of National Socialist Germany (after Mein Kampf), Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the ...

Reducere. From the 1950s onward, Americans were quite receptive to a view of World War II similar to the view held by many Germans and military personnel on ...

Reducere. In 1752 an enslaved Pennsylvania ironworker named Ned purchased his freedom and moved to Virginia on the upper James River. Taking the name Edward ...

Reducere. Gunfighter Nation completes Richard Slotkin's trilogy, begun in Regeneration Through Violence and continued in Fatal Environment, on the myth of th...

Reducere. DescriptionVolume 2: 1829-1852. In 1818, Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne, of the newly-founded Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, left France to...

Reducere. DescriptionVolume 1: 1769-1828. In 1818, Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne, of the newly-founded Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, left France to...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

"An indispensable source work for anyone interested in this very important development of religious ideas."--Marija Gimbutas. Ranges from the Paleo...

DescriptionModern screen acting in English is dominated by two key figures: Method acting guru Lee Strasberg--who taught the "the art of experienci...

Provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school's crucial first year.Publisher: West Academic Publish...

 In a prolific career spanning six decades, actor Burt Reynolds was one of the world's most famous stars of film and television. As much a folk he...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Disaster on the Spanish Main unveils and illuminates an overlooked yet remarkable episode of European and American military history and a land-sea ...

Reducere. The Christian Science Monitor's #1 Best Book of the YearA witty, informative, and popular travelogue about the Scandinavian countries and how they ...

Reducere. Brain chemical imbalances have been widely promoted as existing in depression for the past 50 years. In this book, Terry Lynch reveals some shockin...