| Description |
1 online resource (205 pages). |
|
text file |
| Series |
Core cultural icons
|
|
Core cultural icons.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-197) and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
An extremely accessible, well structured and imaginative reading of market and social theory in terms of the myth of the Wild West frontier' New Formations: This book, written by the author of the celebrated volume Six Guns and Society, explains why the myth of the Wild West is popular around the world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Individualism -- West (U.S.)
|
|
Individualism. |
|
Social contract.
|
|
Social contract. |
|
Civil society -- West (U.S.)
|
|
Civil society. |
|
Cowboys -- West (U.S.)
|
|
Cowboys. |
|
Public opinion -- West (U.S.)
|
|
Public opinion. |
|
West (U.S.) -- Social conditions.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wright, Will. Wild West. London ; Thousand Oaks, Ca. : SAGE, 2001 (DLC) 2001131837 (OCoLC)47902159 |
| ISBN |
9781412933889 (electronic book) |
|
1412933889 (electronic book) |
|
9781446217177 (ebook) |
|
1446217175 (ebook) |
|
1280369345 |
|
9781280369346 |
|
0761952330 |
|
9780761952336 |
|
0761952322 |
|
9780761952329 |
|
