Dodge City and the birth of the wild west /

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The Dodge City of old gave birth to, and remains, a cultural metaphor grounded in reality of its own. Dodge City offers images of violence and civic anarchy in a legendary West that still engages the American imagination and affirms deeply held beliefs about belligerent individualism and freedom fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dykstra, Robert R., 1930- (Autor), Manfra, Jo Ann (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Temas:
1800-1899
Frontier and pioneer life > Kansas > Dodge City.
Violence > Kansas > Dodge City > History > 19th century.
Violence > Kansas > Dodge City > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Violence.
Dodge City (Kan.) > History > 19th century.
Kansas > Dodge City.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: gettin' outta Dodge
  • Pioneers
  • Year of living dangerously
  • Deadly prose
  • Case histories
  • Circle Dot cowboys
  • Dodge City's sensations
  • End games
  • Contesting Boot Hill
  • Epilogue: homicide, moral discourse, cultural identity.

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