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Hang 'em high law and disorder in western films and literature / by Herzberg, Bob, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Mistrials: 1929-1939-the depression, the talkies and manipulation of the law in the old west -- international hangmen: 1940-1949-war in the present and totalitarian behavior in the old west -- chaos: 1950-1955-the cold war, huac, and mob rule in the old west -- badge toters: 1956-1959-reafþrming the rule of law in the old west -- deadly force: 1960-1969-riding the vengeance trail as war breaks out at home and abroad -- bloodbath: 1970-1976-vietnam, race riots and abuse of the law in the old west -- reload: 1977-1992-american cynicism and revisionist western history -- back trail: 1993-2012-the last nineteen years.…”
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