In this provocative and original book, Sam Girgus offers a fresh look at films such as The Searchers, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, High Noon, and On the Waterfront, and shows how they are part of the cultural and historical debate that examines, structure…
In this provocative and original book, Sam Girgus offers a fresh look at films such as The Searchers, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, High Noon, and On the Waterfront, and shows how they are part of the cultural and historical debate that examines, structure…
"The U.S. South is a distinctive political and cultural force--not only in the eyes of Americans, but also in the estimation of many Europeans. The region played an important role as a major agricultural center and the source of much of the wealth in early America, but it has al…
The U.S. South is a distinctive political and cultural force -- not only in the eyes of Americans, but also in the estimation of many Europeans. The region played a distinctive role as a major agricultural center and the source of much of the wealth in early America, but it has …
Contends that American history must be placed in a global context, explaining that the obstacles being faced by the United States have been overcome in the past by other countries whose examples can impart powerful lessons.
Contends that American history must be placed in a global context, explaining that the obstacles being faced by the United States have been overcome in the past by other countries whose examples can impart powerful lessons.
Hurra Amerika!: Adventures in a TV nation
by Moore, Michael, Glynn, Kathleen, Moore, Michael
fromSerie Piper
Man kann die amerikanische Gesellschaft natürlich auch ganz ernst nehmen, kritisch hinterfragen und knochentrockene Analysen schreiben. Oder man kann, wie Michael Moore, völlig verrückte Aktionen starten, ordentlich Krach schlagen und dabei eine Menge Spaß haben. Gemeinsam mit s…
Grounded in the stories of their actual visits, What They Saw in America takes the reader through the journeys of four distinguished, yet very different foreign visitors -- Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, G.K. Chesterton and Sayyid Qutb -- who travelled to the United States be…