{"product_id":"9783775736596","title":"The Western Town: A Theory of Aggregation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Western town of roughly 1860–90 exists in an ephemeral moment in American history. Always being realized but never really there, these towns vanished entirely from the prairie by the end of the nineteenth century. Yet even today everyone has visited these towns, since they survive in their abstract and distilled form through the plot-generating sets of Western movies. \u003ci\u003eThe Western Town: A Theory of Aggregation \u003c\/i\u003eretells the story of 22 Western towns architecturally, from the scale of the lace curtain or sun-bleached wood coffin to the vast, empty desert. The book includes detailed maps of towns from the following films, among others: \u003ci\u003eA Fistful of Dollars\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eBuchanan Rides Alone\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), \u003ci\u003eFor a Few Dollars More\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), \u003ci\u003eFort Apache\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), \u003ci\u003eHang ‘Em High\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), \u003ci\u003eHigh Noon\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), \u003ci\u003eHigh Plains Drifter \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), \u003ci\u003eMajor Dundee\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), \u003ci\u003eMcCabe and Mrs. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eRide the High Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), \u003ci\u003eRio Bravo\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eRio Grande \u003c\/i\u003e(1950), \u003ci\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), \u003ci\u003eThe Alamo\u003c\/i\u003e (1960) and \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e (1969).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH \u0026 Co KG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060523614448,"sku":"9783775736596","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783775736596_p0.jpg?v=1763683276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783775736596","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}