Description |
1 online resource (xx, 366 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents |
Ronald Reagan, the movie -- Political repression in the United States -- The king's two bodies : Lincoln, Wilson, Nixon, and presidential self-sacrifice -- Nonpartisanship and the group interest -- Liberal society and the Indian question -- Nature as politics and nature as romance in America -- "The sword became a flashing vision" : D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation -- Kiss me deadly : communism, motherhood, and Cold War movies -- American political demonology : a retrospective |
Summary |
"Fresh, provocative, and full of vitality, this is a first-rate contribution to the study of political culture. It should be read not only by political scientists, political theorists, and sociologists, but also by students of American studies and literature."--Sheldon Wolin, Princeton University |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-356) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Conspiracies -- United States -- History -- Miscellanea
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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HISTORY -- United States -- General.
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Conspiracies
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- Miscellanea. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140480
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Subject |
United States
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Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780520908994 |
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0520908996 |
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0585250197 |
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9780585250199 |
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