This text explores the sources and meanings of tales and figures that have dominated the American imagination: the Horatio Alger story, the western and the figure of the private eye. They emerged in the late 19th century as a response to immigration, expansion of industry and urbanisation.
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This text explores the sources and meanings of tales and figures that have dominated the American imagination: the Horatio Alger story, the western and the figure of the private eye. They emerged in the late 19th century as a response to immigration, expansion of industry and urbanisation.
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