O mito do "Wild West" (O Oeste Selvagem)

The Independent Review Volume 15 Number 2
Fall 2010
The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Contrary to popular perception, the Old West was much more peaceful than American cities are today. The real culture of violence on the frontier during the latter half of the nineteenth century sprang from the U.S. government’s policies toward the Plains Indians.
http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=803