The Wild West the mythical cowboy and social theory

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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Autor principal: Wright, Will (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Ca. : SAGE 2001.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31528119*spi
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.