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The invention of the western film : a cultural history of the genre's first half-century / Scott Sim...

The invention of the western film : a cultural history ...

The invention of the western film : a cultural history of the genre's first half-century / Scott Sim...

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The invention of the western film : a cultural history of the genre's first half-century / Scott Simmon.

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Full title

The invention of the western film : a cultural history of the genre's first half-century / Scott Simmon.

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Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Date

2003.

Call Numbers

N791.43/241

Record Identifier

74VvlZpzE7zd

MMS ID

991017264099702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2003.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The Invention of the Western Film ranges across literature, visual arts, social history, ideology, and legend to provide, for the first time, an in-depth exploration of the early Western, from short kinetoscopes of the 1890s through the "classic" features of the 1940s. By examining the American Indian's rise and demise during the silent era, the i...

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The invention of the western film : a cultural history of the genre's first half-century / Scott Simmon.

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Notes

General note

Includes filmography: p. 363-374.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-361) and index.

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Call Numbers

N791.43/241

Record Identifier

74VvlZpzE7zd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvlZpzE7zd

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ISBN

0521555817 (pbk.) :

052155473X

9780521555814 (pbk.)

0521555817 (pbk.)

052155473X :

9780521555814 (pbk.) :

DDC

791.436278

MMS ID

991017264099702626

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