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" If HOLLYWOOD wanted to capture the emotional center of Western history, its movies would be about real estate. John Wayne would have been neither a gunfighter nor a sheriff, but a surveyor, speculator, or claims lawyer. "
New Geographies of the American West: Land Use and the Changing Patterns of ... - Page 17
by William Riebsame Travis - 2007 - 304 pages
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Legacy of Conquest: Th Eunbroken Past Of The American West

Patricia Limerick - History - 1987 - 404 pages
...but enrich it. Two Proper ty Values IF HOLLYWOOD wanted to capture the emotional center of Western history, its movies would be about real estate. John...nor a sheriff, but a surveyor, speculator, or claims lawyer. The showdowns would occur in the land office or the courtroom; weapons would be deeds and lawsuits,...
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The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City

Neil Smith - Architecture - 1996 - 288 pages
...to Hollywood histories of the West: If Hollywood wanted to capture the emotional center of western history. its movies would be about real estate. John Wayne would have been neither a gunlighter nor a sheriff. but a surveyor. speculator or claims lawyer. The showdowns would appear in...
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The Nature of Home: A Lexicon and Essays

Lisa Knopp - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 260 pages
...historian Patricia Nelson Limerick writes, "If Hollywood wanted to capture the emotional center of western history, its movies would be about real estate. John...nor a sheriff, but a surveyor, speculator, or claims lawyer. The showdowns would occur in the land office or the courtroom; weapons would be deeds and lawsuits,...
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The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have ...

Peter C. Rollins - History - 2003 - 708 pages
...Historian Patricia Nelson Limerick writes, "If Hollywood wanted to capture the emotional center of Western history, its movies would be about real estate. John...nor a sheriff, but a surveyor, speculator, or claims lawyer." She makes the point that the intersection of races and the allocation of property unified...
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Nationale Mythen - männliche Helden: Politik und Geschlecht im ...

Martin Weidinger - Western films - 2006 - 266 pages
...vermengten Mythos zu korrigieren: »If HOLLYWOOD wanted to capture the emotional center of Western history, its movies would be about real estate. John...nor a sheriff, but a surveyor, speculator, or claims lawyer. The showdowns would occur in the land office or courtroom; weapons would be deeds and lawsuits,...
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