Hang 'em high : law and disorder in western films and literature by Bob Herzberg.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, 2013.Description: 254 pISBN: - 9780786468386
- 791.436278 HER/HAN
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Table of contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Mistrials: 1929-1939- the depression, ihe talkies and manipulation of the law in the old west
Part 2. International hangmen: - 1940-1949 war in the present and totalitarian behavior in the old west
Part 3. Chaos: 1950-1955 - the cold war, HUCA and mob rule in the old west
Part 4. Badge-toters: 1956-1959- reaffirming the rule of law in the old west
Part 5. Deadly force: 1960-1969 -riding the vengeance trail as war breaks out at home and Abroad
Part 6. Bloodbath: 1970-1976 -Vietnam, race riots and abuse of the law in the old west
Part 7. Relod: 1977-1992 - American cynicism and revisionist western history
Part 8. Back trail: 1993-2013- The last twenty years
Chapter notes
Bibliography
Index