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The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America (The Modern American West) - Hardcover
The Sagebrush Trail is a history of Western movies but also a history of twentieth-century America. Richard Aquila's fast-paced narrative covers both the silent and sound eras, and includes classic westerns such as Stagecoach, A Fistful of Dollars , and Unforgiven , as well as B-Westerns that starred film cowboys like Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Hopalong Cassidy. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 traces the birth and growth of Westerns from 1900 through the end of World War II. Part 2 focuses on a transitional period in Western movie history during the two decades following World War II. Finally, part 3 shows how Western movies reflected the rapid political, social, and cultural changes that transformed America in the 1960s and the last decades of the twentieth century. The Sagebrush Trail explains how Westerns evolved throughout the twentieth century in response to changing times, and it provides new evidence and fresh interpretations about both Westerns and American history. These films offer perspectives on the past that historians might otherwise miss. They reveal how Americans reacted to political and social movements, war, and cultural change. The result is the definitive story of Western movies, which contributes to our understanding of not just movie history but also the mythic West and American history. Because of its subject matter and unique approach that blends movies and history, The Sagebrush Trail should appeal to anyone interested in Western movies, pop culture, the American West, and recent American history and culture. The mythic West beckons but eludes. Yet glimpses of its utopian potential can always be found, even if just for a few hours in the realm of Western movies. There on the silver screen, the mythic West continues to ride tall in the saddle along a osagebrush trailo that reveals valuable clues about American life and thought.
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""The Sagebrush Trail "is a panoramic survey of Western movies in the twentieth century, from Edwin Porter's "The Great Train Robbery" to Clint Eastwood's" Unforgiven" and beyond. It is also a vivid history of the culture that created and consumed this all-purpose, ever-malleable art form whose themes and characters strike to the heart of the American experience."--Michael Steiner, author of "Regionalists on the Left"
""The Sagebrush Trail" may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies--literally scores of movies--against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture."--David M. Wrobel, author of "Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression"
"The Sagebrush Trail "is a panoramic survey of Western movies in the twentieth century, from Edwin Porter s "The Great Train Robbery" to Clint Eastwood s" Unforgiven" and beyond. It is also a vivid history of the culture that created and consumed this all-purpose, ever-malleable art form whose themes and characters strike to the heart of the American experience. Michael Steiner, author of "Regionalists on the Left""
"The Sagebrush Trail" may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies literally scores of movies against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture. David M. Wrobel, author of "Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression""
The Sagebrush Trail is a panoramic survey of Western movies in the twentieth century, from Edwin Porter s The Great Train Robbery to Clint Eastwood s Unforgiven and beyond. It is also a vivid history of the culture that created and consumed this all-purpose, ever-malleable art form whose themes and characters strike to the heart of the American experience. Michael Steiner, author of Regionalists on the Left"
The Sagebrush Trail may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies literally scores of movies against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture. David M. Wrobel, author of Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression"
"The Sagebrush Trail is a panoramic survey of Western movies in the twentieth century, from Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery to Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven and beyond. It is also a vivid history of the culture that created and consumed this all-purpose, ever-malleable art form whose themes and characters strike to the heart of the American experience."--Michael Steiner, author of Regionalists on the Left
"The Sagebrush Trail may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies--literally scores of movies--against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture."--David M. Wrobel, author of Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression
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""The Sagebrush Trail" may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies--literally scores of movies--against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture."--David M. Wrobel, author of "Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression"
"The Sagebrush Trail "is a panoramic survey of Western movies in the twentieth century, from Edwin Porter s "The Great Train Robbery" to Clint Eastwood s" Unforgiven" and beyond. It is also a vivid history of the culture that created and consumed this all-purpose, ever-malleable art form whose themes and characters strike to the heart of the American experience. Michael Steiner, author of "Regionalists on the Left""
"The Sagebrush Trail" may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies literally scores of movies against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture. David M. Wrobel, author of "Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression""
The Sagebrush Trail is a panoramic survey of Western movies in the twentieth century, from Edwin Porter s The Great Train Robbery to Clint Eastwood s Unforgiven and beyond. It is also a vivid history of the culture that created and consumed this all-purpose, ever-malleable art form whose themes and characters strike to the heart of the American experience. Michael Steiner, author of Regionalists on the Left"
The Sagebrush Trail may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies literally scores of movies against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture. David M. Wrobel, author of Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression"
"The Sagebrush Trail is a panoramic survey of Western movies in the twentieth century, from Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery to Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven and beyond. It is also a vivid history of the culture that created and consumed this all-purpose, ever-malleable art form whose themes and characters strike to the heart of the American experience."--Michael Steiner, author of Regionalists on the Left
"The Sagebrush Trail may be the most comprehensive overview of the Western film genre to date. It does an especially impressive job of analyzing movies--literally scores of movies--against the backdrop of changing currents in American culture."--David M. Wrobel, author of Global West, American Frontier: Travel, Empire, and Exceptionalism from Manifest Destiny to the Great Depression
Richard Aquila is a professor of history and American studies at Penn State University, the Behrend College, USA and a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. He has published four books, including Wanted Dead or Alive: The American West in Popular Culture.
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- PublisherUniversity of Arizona Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 081650105X
- ISBN 13 9780816501052
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages344
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