Making America : the society & culture of the United States
In this richly interdisciplinary work twenty-eight of the nation's leading critics and scholars offer a comprehensive exploration of American society and culture. Each outstanding in his or her own field, the contributors address "America" from a diversity of disciplines, personal histories, regions, and political perspectives. Making America is a dynamic account of the American experience, from matters of landscape, immigration, and urbanization; to manners, literature, and the arts; social organization and values; religion, science, philosophy, and law. An introduction and twenty-six skillfully written chapters combine historical developments with critical analyses in a broad portrait of the United States. Taken in sequence, the essays will provoke readers to experience the still-evolving society and complex cultures of the American people. Since the chapters are equally valuable when considered individually, the construction of this volume also encourages selective reading. Refreshingly accessible, Making America is essential for students and scholars across the field of American Studies and for general readers concerned with cultural literacy. Each chapter includes an extensive descriptive bibliography for those who wish to explore particular topics in more depth. In addition, a fine selection of maps, paintings, and photographs illustrates the intricate structure of American life
Print Book, English, ©1992
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, ©1992
Aufsatzsammlung
xii, 554 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
9780807820308, 9780807843703, 080782030X, 0807843709
24910006
The search for American character / Luther S. Luedtke
America's natural landscapes / Peirce Lewis
From immigration to acculturation / Arthur Mann
The frontier family : dislocation and the American experience / Lillian Schlissel
A consonance of towns / Richard Lingeman
Urban America / Carl Abbott
Cultural regions of America / Raymond D. Gastil
American manners / Neil Harris
The artlessness of American culture / Dickran Tashjian
A new architecture, yet old / Leland M. Roth
Creating a national literature / Nina Baym
Literature and values : the American Crusoe and the idea of the West / Richard Lehan
Entertainment and the mass media / Norman Corwin
Sports and American culture / Richard G. Powers
Individualism and equality in the United States / Nathan Glazer
Continuity and change in American family life / Tamara K. Hareven. Women and American society / William H. Chafe
The making of Black America / Waldo Martin
Status and social class in America / Edward Pessen
The American system of education / John B. Orr
Religion in America / Martin E. Marty
Exploration and the culture of science : the long good-bye of the twentieth century / William H. Goetzmann
American philosophy / Murray G. Murphey
Civil disobedience in American political thought / John P. Diggins
The courts and the law / John A. Schutz
Gender and equality in the American experience / Jane Sherron De Hart and Linda K. Kerber
Reform and social change / Robert H. Walker