Cowboy Presidents: The Frontier Myth And U.S. Politics In The Twentieth Century

Explores the deployment and transformation of the frontier myth by four US presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush. Behind the shape-shifting of this myth, David Smith finds major events that have made aspects of the 'Old West' frontier useful for promoting different political ideologies and agendas.

• | By (Author): David Alexander Smith
• | Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 11, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 080616848X
• | ISBN-13: 9780806168487