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New Deal cowboy : Gene Autry and public diplomacy
- Title
- New Deal cowboy : Gene Autry and public diplomacy / Michael Duchemin.
- Author
- Duchemin, Michael, 1959-
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- x, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Examines Gene Autry's use of recordings, personal appearances, rodeo, radio, film, and television to create a major entertainment personality and public diplomat. Autry utilized his persona to publicly support Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and foreign policy initiatives leading up to World War II. Duchemin shows the connections between popular culture, political policy, and public diplomacy that emerged in the 1930s"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Autry, Gene, 1907-1998
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945
- Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Country music > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Autry, Gene, 1907-1998 > Political and social views
- Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography
- Singers > United States > Biography
- Popular culture > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Arts and diplomacy > United States > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-304) and index.
- Contents
- America's ace cowboy -- Country-Western hybrid music -- Musical-Western hybrid film -- New Deal, new West -- The second New Deal -- The Good neighbor policy -- Western Hemisphere idea -- Youth's model, 1940 -- Sergeant Gene Autry -- New Deal cowboy.
- Call Number
- MWES (Autry, G.) 16-5672
- ISBN
- 9780806153926
- 080615392X
- LCCN
- 2016001065
- OCLC
- 947953836
- Author
- Duchemin, Michael, 1959- author.
- Title
- New Deal cowboy : Gene Autry and public diplomacy / Michael Duchemin.
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-304) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Duchemin, Michael, 1959- New Deal cowboy. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016] 9780806156712 (OCoLC)959274480
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Autry, G.) 16-5672