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Informationen zum Autor Sidney A. Pearson, Jr. is professor emeritus of political science at Radford University and editor of The Constitutional Polity: Essays on the Founding Principles of American Politics. Klappentext What kind of civic culture and virtues are required to maintain and develop a decent regime? The aim of this collection is to explore this theme from the perspective of the films of John Ford. Zusammenfassung What kind of civic culture and virtues are required to maintain and develop a decent regime? The aim of this collection is to explore this theme from the perspective of the films of John Ford. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Defending the West: John Ford and the Creation of the Epic Western Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Blessings of Civilization: John Ford's Stagecoach Chapter 4 Chapter 3. John Ford's Revolutionary Americans: Drums Along the Mohawk Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Modernity and the Destruction of Boundaries: John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 6 Chapter 5. On the Threshold of Modernity: John Ford's How Green Was My Valley Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Heroes and Political Communities in John Ford's Westerns: The Role of Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine Chapter 8 Chapter 7. The Western and the Western Drama: John Ford's The Searchers and the Oresteia Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Heroic Virtue and the Limits of Democracy in John Ford's The Searchers Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Honor, Duty, and Civic Virtue: John Ford's Mr. Roberts and The Last Hurrah Chapter 11 Why it is Tough to be the Second Toughest Guy in a Tough Town: John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
