McCann, Sean,  1962- <br/><br/>
Gumshoe America  hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism /  [electronic resource] : 
Sean McCann. 
 - Durham, N.C. :  Duke University Press,  2000. 
 - viii, 370 p. 
 - New Americanists .
 - e-Duke books scholarly collection. New Americanists. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-364) and index. 
<br/><br/>Uncivil society: hard-boiled crime fiction and the idea of a democratic culture -- 1. Constructing Race Williams: the Klan and the making of hard-boiled crime fiction -- 2. "Mystic rigmarole": Dashiell Hammett and the realist critique of liberalism -- 3. The pulp writer as vanishing American: Raymond Chandler's decentralist imagination -- 4. Letdown artists: paperback noir and the procedural republic -- 5. Tangibles: Chester Himes and the slow death of New Deal populism -- Conclusion: beyond us, yet ourselves. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822380566 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.<br/>Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.<br/>American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Liberalism--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Political fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>Noir fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>New Deal, 1933-1939.<br/>Crime in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.D4  / M38 2000