New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry And Public Diplomacy

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.

• | Author: Michael Duchemin
• | Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 22, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 080615392X
• | ISBN-13: 9780806153926