Introduction to American studies
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Introduction to American studies
Longman, 1989
2nd ed
Available at 42 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 382-413. Chronology: p. vi-xiii
Includes bibliographical notes and references, and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An Introduction to American Studies presents thirteen interdisciplinary essays which provide a coherent portrait of American history, literature, culture and society, and looks closely at some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. Fundamental influences like the machine and the city, subjects such as imagery and iconography, myth, national identity, ideology, popular culture and painting are analysed in order to provoke us into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture, and how such a study can best be achieved. The thirteen chapters are chronologically arranged and cover the whole of American history, with most emphasis on the twentieth century. They discuss regions, themes and periods central to America's development.
Table of Contents
Chronology Introduction 1. New Found Land, Ellman Crasnow and Philip Haffenden. 2. The first new nation, Peter Marshall andIan Walker. 3. New England in the nation, Christine Bolt and A. Robert Lee. 4. The Old South, Edward Ranson and Andrew Hook. 5. The frontier West, R.A.Burchell and R.J.Gray. 6. The immigrant experience,R.A.Burchell and Eric Homberger. 7. The black experience, C.W.E.Bigsby andRoger Thompson. 8. The loss of experience 1880-1914, Brian Lee andRobert Reinders. 9. The Twenties, Jacqueline Fear and Helen McNei. 10. The Thirties,Ralph Willett andJohn White. 11. War and cold war, Howard Temperley andMalcolm Bradbury. 12. The Sixties and Seventies, Daniel Snowman and Malcolm Bradbury. 13. The Eighties, Richard King. Bibliography Maps Index
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