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National Book Award Finalist: The "impressive" conclusion to the "magisterial trilogy on the mythology of violence in American history" (
Film Quarterly).
"The myth of the Western frontier—which assumes that whites' conquest of Native Americans and the taming of the wilderness were preordained means to a progressive, civilized society—is embedded in our national psyche. U.S. troops called Vietnam 'Indian country.' President John Kennedy invoked 'New Frontier' symbolism to seek support for counterinsurgency abroad. In an absorbing, valuable, scholarly study, [the author] traces the pervasiveness of frontier mythology in American consciousness from 1890. . . . Dime novels and detective stories adapted the myth to portray gallant heroes repressing strikers, immigrants and dissidents. Completing a trilogy begun with Regeneration Through Violence and The Fatal Environment, Slotkin unmasks frontier mythmaking in novels and Hollywood movies. The myth's emphasis on use of force over social solutions has had a destructive impact, he shows." — Publishers Weekly
"Stirring . . . Breaks new ground in its careful explication of the continuing dynamic between politics and myth, myth and popular culture." — The New York Times
"A subtle and wide-ranging examination how America's fascination with the frontier has affected its culture and politics. . . . Intellectual history at its most stimulating—teeming with insights into American violence, politics, class, and race." — Kirkus Reviews
"The myth of the Western frontier—which assumes that whites' conquest of Native Americans and the taming of the wilderness were preordained means to a progressive, civilized society—is embedded in our national psyche. U.S. troops called Vietnam 'Indian country.' President John Kennedy invoked 'New Frontier' symbolism to seek support for counterinsurgency abroad. In an absorbing, valuable, scholarly study, [the author] traces the pervasiveness of frontier mythology in American consciousness from 1890. . . . Dime novels and detective stories adapted the myth to portray gallant heroes repressing strikers, immigrants and dissidents. Completing a trilogy begun with Regeneration Through Violence and The Fatal Environment, Slotkin unmasks frontier mythmaking in novels and Hollywood movies. The myth's emphasis on use of force over social solutions has had a destructive impact, he shows." — Publishers Weekly
"Stirring . . . Breaks new ground in its careful explication of the continuing dynamic between politics and myth, myth and popular culture." — The New York Times
"A subtle and wide-ranging examination how America's fascination with the frontier has affected its culture and politics. . . . Intellectual history at its most stimulating—teeming with insights into American violence, politics, class, and race." — Kirkus Reviews
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Publisher
Open Road MediaYear
2024eBook ISBN
9781504090346Subtopic
Film & VideoTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction: The Significance of the Frontier Myth in American History
- Part I: The Mythology of Progressivism, 1880–1902
- Part II: Populists and Progressives: Literary Myth and Ideological Style, 1872–1940
- Part III: Colonizing a Mythic Landscape: Movie Westerns, 1903–1948
- Part IV: Democracy and Force: The Western and the Cold War, 1946–1960
- Part V: Gunfighter Nation: Myth, Ideology, and Violence on the New Frontier, 1960–1970
- Conclusion: The Crisis of Public Myth
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright