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19 produkter
Red Dead Redemption
History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West
Häftad, 2023
344 kr
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While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games’ Red Dead franchise, beginning with Red Dead Revolver in 2004, has grown into one of the most critically acclaimed video game …
Red Dead Redemption
History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West
Inbunden, 2023
768 kr
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While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games’ Red Dead franchise, beginning with Red Dead Revolver in 2004, has grown into one of the most critically acclaimed video game …
Doom Town, USA
The Nevada Test Site As Ground Zero of 1950s American Culture
Av John Wills
Häftad, 2026
341 kr
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Cultural scholar John Wills takes readers on a cultural tour of Doom Town, USA, designed to be the model 1950s American city and destroyed by an atomic bomb on live television to educate Americans on the need to prepare for possible nuclear war—but also to sell new products in the emerging postwar …
Doom Town, USA
The Nevada Test Site as Ground Zero of 1950s American Culture
Av John Wills
E-bok, 2026
155 kr
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Cultural scholar John Wills takes readers on a cultural tour of Doom Town, USA, designed to be the model 1950s American city and destroyed by an atomic bomb on live television to educate Americans on the need to prepare for possible nuclear warbut also to sell new products in the emerging postwar …
Doom Town, USA
The Nevada Test Site as Ground Zero of 1950s American Culture
Av John Wills
E-bok, 2026
155 kr
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Cultural scholar John Wills takes readers on a cultural tour of Doom Town, USA, designed to be the model 1950s American city and destroyed by an atomic bomb on live television to educate Americans on the need to prepare for possible nuclear warbut also to sell new products in the emerging postwar …
Invention of the Park
Recreational Landscapes from the Garden of Eden to Disney's Magic Kingdom
Inbunden, 2005
911 kr
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The word 'park' conjures a kaleidoscope of bucolic images. Childhood frolics in urban playgrounds. Strolls through the country estates of Stourhead and Versailles. Wilderness adventures in the Serengeti. White-knuckle thrill rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Coney Island. The Invention of the …
Invention of the Park
Recreational Landscapes from the Garden of Eden to Disney's Magic Kingdom
Häftad, 2005
259 kr
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The word 'park' conjures a kaleidoscope of bucolic images. Childhood frolics in urban playgrounds. Strolls through the country estates of Stourhead and Versailles. Wilderness adventures in the Serengeti. White-knuckle thrill rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Coney Island. The Invention of the …
American West
Competing Visions
Inbunden, 2009
1575 kr
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The American West used to be a story of gunfights, glory, wagon trails, and linear progress. Historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner and Hollywood movies such as Stagecoach (1939) and Shane (1953) cast the trans-Mississippi region as a frontier of epic proportions where 'savagery' met …
US Environmental History
Inviting Doomsday
Av John Wills
Inbunden, 2012
1682 kr
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Environmental issues in the USA are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, growing evidence of global warming, and a struggling national energy supply highlight the unfolding crisis. Environmental fears translate into US automobile giants plying …
US Environmental History
Inviting Doomsday
Av John Wills
Häftad, 2012
653 kr
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Environmental issues in the USA are more important now than ever before. The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, growing evidence of global warming, and a struggling national energy supply highlight the unfolding crisis. Environmental fears translate into US automobile giants plying …
Disney Culture
Av John Wills
Inbunden, 2017
823 kr
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Over the past century, Disney has grown from a small American animation studio into a multipronged global media giant. Today, the company’s annual revenue exceeds the GDP of over 100 countries, and its portfolio has grown to include Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ABC, and ESPN. With a company so …
American Studies in the Age of New Area Studies
Infinite Space
Av John Wills, Thomas Ruys Smith m. fl.
E-bok, 2026
819 kr
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This book explores what it means to study America in the twenty-first century and what the emergence of the field of New Area Studies means for the development of American Studies. By analysing the meaning of interdisciplinarity, aesthetics, temporality, and periodisation, this book reveals both …
American Studies in the Age of New Area Studies
Infinite Space
Av John Wills, Thomas Ruys Smith m. fl.
E-bok, 2026
802 kr
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This book explores what it means to study America in the twenty-first century and what the emergence of the field of New Area Studies means for the development of American Studies. By analysing the meaning of interdisciplinarity, aesthetics, temporality, and periodisation, this book reveals both …
American Studies in the Age of New Area Studies
Infinite Space
Av Clare Corbould, Hilary Emmett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2490 kr
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This book explores what it means to study America in the twenty-first century and what the emergence of the field of New Area Studies means for the development of American Studies.By analysing the meaning of interdisciplinarity, aesthetics, temporality, and periodisation, this book reveals both …
How to Start a Microgreens Business
Av John Wills
E-bok, 2026
204 kr
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If you've ever looked at those tiny, colorful greens on a restaurant plate and thought, "e;There's got to be money in that..."e; - you're right. And not just a little money. I m talking about a lean, low-overhead, high-demand business you can run from a spare room, garage, basement even a …
American West
Competing Visions
Häftad, 2009
408 kr
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The American West used to be a story of gunfights, glory, wagon trails, and linear progress. Historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner and Hollywood movies such as Stagecoach (1939) and Shane (1953) cast the trans-Mississippi region as a frontier of epic proportions where 'savagery' met …
Disney Culture
Av John Wills
Häftad, 2017
272 kr
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Over the past century, Disney has grown from a small American animation studio into a multipronged global media giant. Today, the company’s annual revenue exceeds the GDP of over 100 countries, and its portfolio has grown to include Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, ABC, and ESPN. With a company so …
Conservation Fallout
Nuclear Protest at Diablo Canyon
Av John Wills
Häftad, 2012
331 kr
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One of the most controversial atomic projects of the US nuclear industry during the 1960s and 1970s was the construction of a nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, a relatively unsettled and biologically rich part of the central California coast. Conservation Fallout traces the course of opposition …
Gamer Nation
Video Games and American Culture
Av John Wills
Häftad, 2019
356 kr
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Explores how games actively influence the ways people interpret and relate to American life.In 1975, design engineer Dave Nutting completed work on a new arcade machine. A version of Taito's Western Gun, a recent Japanese arcade machine, Nutting's Gun Fight depicted a classic showdown between …
