A new introduction to American studies
by Bigsby, C. W. E. Temperley, Howard
A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, politics, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. It will provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. Ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress are fully examined and new light is shed on the sometimes contradictory ways in which these ideals have informed the natio…
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- Full title :A new introduction to American studies / edited by Christopher Bigsby and Howard Temperley
Summary
A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, politics, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. It will provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. Ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress are fully examined and new light is shed on the sometimes contradictory ways in which these ideals have informed the nation's history and culture. For introductory undergraduate courses in American Studies, American History a.
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- Publication Date:©2006
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Oxfordshire, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2006
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (432 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781315835273, 1315835274, 9781306980470, 130698047X, 9780582894372, 0582894379, 1317867386, 9781317867388, 1281384852, 9781281384850, 9786611384852, 6611384855, 1408211793, 9781408211793
- DOI:10.4324/9781315835273
- oclc:ocn889270441
- LC Classification:E175.8
- Dewey Decimal:973
Table of Contents
The human and natural environment / Peter Coates -- From settlement to independence / Colin Bonwick -- American political culture / Adam I.P. Smith -- Slavery and secession / Howard Temperley -- Native Americans / Gail D. MacLeitch -- Revisiting the American West / Margaret Walsh -- American immigration / Axel R. Schäfer -- Nineteenth-century American literature / Allan Lloyd Smith -- Industry and technology / Christopher Clark -- The twentieth-century American novel / John Whitley -- Twentieth-century American poetry / Daniel Kane -- Twentieth-century American drama / Christopher Bigsby -- America and war / Brian Holden Reid -- American women / Elizabeth J. Clapp -- Popular culture / Nick Heffeman -- America at the millennium / Richard Crockatt
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