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Hunger for the Wild

- America's Obsession with the Untamed West

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Just what was so wild about the Wild West? Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. This book offers a cultural and historical analysis of how ideas of wildness have shaped the ways Euro-Americans have perceived, reacted to, and acted upon the West for nearly five hundred years.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780700615018
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 528
  • Udgivet:
  • 14. marts 2007
  • Størrelse:
  • 164x241x42 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 979 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 21. november 2024

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Just what was so wild about the Wild West? Americans have had an enduring yet ambivalent obsession with the West as both a place and a state of mind. This book offers a cultural and historical analysis of how ideas of wildness have shaped the ways Euro-Americans have perceived, reacted to, and acted upon the West for nearly five hundred years.

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