Whether you're a business person visiting for a week or a foreign student visiting for a semester, American Ways, A Cultural Guide to the United States covers all your basic needs - from the trends and customs of day-to-day activities to the more esoteric customs regarding cultu…
Whether you're a business person visiting for a week or a foreign student visiting for a semester, American Ways, A Cultural Guide to the United States covers all your basic needs - from the trends and customs of day-to-day activities to the more esoteric customs regarding cultu…
"This essential guide sheds light on the unique American psyche and national character, now in a third edition. Whether you're a businessperson beginning to work in the United States or a foreign student visiting for a semester, this new edition of American Ways will help you na…
Bill Bryson's unsparing and hilarious account of his travels across America in search of the perfect small town. At the end of his journey, Bryson finds not the idyllic town of his dream, but a true understanding of America - and a certainty that despite the poverty and ignoranc…
Bill Bryson's unsparing and hilarious account of his travels across America in search of the perfect small town. At the end of his journey, Bryson finds not the idyllic town of his dream, but a true understanding of America - and a certainty that despite the poverty and ignoranc…
Bill Bryson's unsparing and hilarious account of his travels across America in search of the perfect small town. At the end of his journey, Bryson finds not the idyllic town of his dream, but a true understanding of America - and a certainty that despite the poverty and ignoranc…
Offers insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment - or 'militainment' - in contemporary American popular culture. This book argues that an interactive mode of militarized entertainment is recruiting its audience as virtual-citizen soldiers
Offers insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment - or 'militainment' - in contemporary American popular culture. This book argues that an interactive mode of militarized entertainment is recruiting its audience as virtual-citizen soldiers.
Militainment, Inc. offers provocative, sometimes disturbing insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment-or ""militainment""-in contemporary American popular culture. War has been the subject of entertainment for centuries, but Roger Stahl argues that …
