The Wild West : the mythical cowboy and social theory /

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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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Will
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Ca. : SAGE, 2001.
Colección:Core cultural icons.
Temas:
Individualism > West (U.S.)
Social contract.
Civil society > West (U.S.)
Cowboys > West (U.S.)
Public opinion > West (U.S.)
Contrat social.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Civil society
Cowboys
Individualism
Public opinion
Social contract
Social conditions
Öffentliche Meinung
Cowboy
West (U.S.) > Social conditions.
West United States
Wilder Westen
Frontier
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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