paul buhle is Professor of American Civilization, Brown University, Rhode Island.
w i l l i a m b r o o k s is Professor of Music at the University of York. WA D E C L A R K R O O F A N D N AT H A L I E C A R O Nħ The Hispanic background of the United StatesĬontents 10 Women in the twentieth centuryġ2 The United States, war, and the twentieth centuryġ4 Secret America: the CIA and American cultureġ6 New York City and the struggle of the modernġ8 African American music of the twentieth centuryĢ2 Society and the novel in twentieth-century America E M O RY E L L I O T TĬontents 23 “Preferring the wrong way”: mapping the ethical diversity of US twentieth-century poetryĬ h r i s t o p h e r b i g s b y is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia and Director of the Arthur Miller Centre for American Studies. Isbn-13 978-2-0 hardback isbn-10 2-1 hardback isbn-13 978-9-2 paperback isbn-10 9-6 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.ġ Introduction: What, then, is the American?Ĥ Immigration to the United States in the twentieth centuryĥ Religion in the United States in the twentieth century: 1900–1960Ħ Shifting boundaries: religion and the United States: 1960 to the present Popular culture – United States – History – 20th century. United States – Social conditions – 20th century. United States – Intellectual life – 20th century. United States – Civilization – 20th century. Includes bibliographical references and index. The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture / Christopher Bigsby. First published 2006 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Bigsby, C. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. He has published some thirty books on British and American literature and is also a novelist and broadcaster.Ĭambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sa˜o Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York Information on this title: © Cambridge University Press 2006 This publication is in copyright. c h r i s t o p h e r b i g s b y is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. It is the most accessible and useful introduction available to a exciting range of topics in modern American culture. Varied, extensive and challenging, this Companion is essential reading for students and teachers of American studies around the world. The essays range from art to politics, popular culture to sport, immigration and race to religion and war. An international team of contributors examines the special contribution of African Americans and of immigrant communities to the variety and vibrancy of modern America. It shows how these contexts impact upon twentieth-century American literature, cinema, and art.
This companion explores the social, political, and economic forces that have made America what it is today. T h e c a m b ri d ge co m p a n i o n t o m o d e rn a m e r i c a n c u l t u r e The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible overview of the cultural themes and intellectual issues that drive the dominant culture of the twentieth century.
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