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The Wild West : the mythical cowboy and social theory / Will Wright

Author
Wright, Will
Published
London ; Thousand Oaks, Ca. : SAGE, 2001.
Physical Description
1 online resource (205 pages).
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Language Note
English.
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.
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ISBN
9781412933889 (electronic bk.)
1412933889 (electronic bk.)
9781446217177 (ebook)
1446217175 (ebook)
1280369345
9781280369346
1446240622
9781446240625
9786610369348
6610369348
0761952330
9780761952336
0761952322
9780761952329
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-197) and indexes.
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