Introduction to American studies

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Introduction to American studies

edited by Malcolm Bradbury and Howard Temperley

Longman, 1989

2nd ed

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BA06831936
  • ISBN
    • 058201526X
  • LCCN
    88006969
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 434 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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