A New Introduction To American Studies

Author : Howard Temperley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317867386
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Introduction to American Studies written by Howard Temperley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and American Literature.

Author : Howard Temperley
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Total Pages : 431 pages
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Download or read book New Introduction to American Studies, A. written by Howard Temperley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Introduction to AMerican Studies 4th edition provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. Using fundamental influences like the machine and the city, and subjects such as imagery and icongraphy, myth, national identity, ideology, popular culture and painting are analysed in order to provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. For introductory undergraduate courses in American Studies, American History and American Literature.

Author : Howard Temperley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317867378
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Introduction to American Studies written by Howard Temperley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and American Literature.

Author : Neil C. Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134796927
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Cultural Studies written by Neil C. Campbell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on literature, art, film theatre, music and much more, American Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary introduction to American culture for those taking American Studies. This textbook: * introduces the full range and variety of American culture including issues of race, gender and youth * provides a truly interdisciplinary methodology * suggests and discusses a variety of approaches to study * highlights American distinctiveness * draws on literature, art, film, theatre, architecture, music and more * challenges orthodox paradigms of American Studies. This is a fast-expanding subject area, and Campbell and Kean's book will certainly be a staple part of any cultural studies student's reading diet.

Author : Janice A. Radway
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405113510
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Studies written by Janice A. Radway and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-09 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Studies is a vigorous, bold account of the changes in the field of American Studies over the last thirty-five years. Through this set of carefully selected key essays by an editorial board of expert scholars, the book demonstrates how changes in the field have produced new genealogies that tell different histories of both America and the study of America. Charts the evolution of American Studies from the end of World War II to the present day by showcasing the best scholarship in this field An introductory essay by the distinguished editorial board highlights developments in the field and places each essay in its historical and theoretical context Explores topics such as American politics, history, culture, race, gender and working life Shows how changing perspectives have enabled older concepts to emerge in a different context

Author : Mark A. Graber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190245239
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism written by Mark A. Graber and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions. Mark A. Graber both explores and offers original answers to such central questions as: What is a Constitution, ? What are fundamental constitutional purposes? How are constitutions interpreted? How is constitutional authority allocated? How to constitutions change? How is the Constitution of the United States influenced by international and comparative law? and, most important, How does the Constitution work? Relying on an historical/institutional perspective, the book illustrates how American constitutionalism is a distinct form of politics, rather than a means from separating politics from law. Constitutions work far more by constructing and constituting politics than by compelling people to do what they would otherwise do. People debate the proper meaning of the first amendment, but these debates are influenced by the rule that all states are equally represented in the Senate and a political culture that in which political dissenters do not fear for their lives. More than any other work on the market, A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism highlights and expands on what a generation for law professors, political scientists and historians have said about the American constitutionalism regime. As such, this is the first truly interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics in the United States.

Author : Andrew Dix
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317537831
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Studies: The Basics written by Andrew Dix and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Studies: The Basics is an accessible and concise introduction that aims to unpack what American studies does and why it matters. From Moby-Dick to baseball, Hollywood westerns to #BlackLivesMatter, and Disneyland to the U.S. Supreme Court, American studies engages with a myriad of topics in its efforts to understand what the French sociologist Jean Baudrillard called ‘social and cultural America.’ The book begins by considering how America was studied before American studies’ emergence as a recognized discipline in the mid-twentieth century. Successive chapters then explore the rise of American studies, its varied subjects, its distinctive methods of research, its geographical framing, and its politics. Throughout the book, explanatory examples are drawn from across American history and culture. Photographs are examined alongside novels, and historical monuments discussed next to films. The text offers an ideal way into an exciting academic subject of continuing growth and relevance. This book is a must read for those studying and with an interest in American studies.

Author : Beatriz Cortez
Publisher : Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781465251053
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Central American Studies written by Beatriz Cortez and published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Talmadge Anderson
Publisher : Black Classic Press
ISBN 13 : 1580730396
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to African American Studies written by Talmadge Anderson and published by Black Classic Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an ongoing debate as to whether African American Studies is a discipline, or multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary field. Some scholars assert that African American Studies use a well-defined common approach in examining history, politics, and the family in the same way as scholars in the disciplines of economics, sociology, and political science. Other scholars consider African American Studies multidisciplinary, a field somewhat comparable to the field of education in which scholars employ a variety of disciplinary lenses-be they anthropological, psychological, historical, etc., --to study the African world experience. In this model the boundaries between traditional disciplines are accepted, and researches in African American Studies simply conduct discipline based an analysis of particular topics. Finally, another group of scholars insists that African American Studies is interdisciplinary, an enterprise that generates distinctive analyses by combining perspectives from d

Author : Richard P. Horwitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780842028295
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Studies Anthology written by Richard P. Horwitz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and rewarding subject of popular imagination, the United States is compellingly portrayed in this first anthology designed specifically for American studies courses. Offering an indispensable introduction to the long and varied history of generalizing about America, leading scholar Richard Horwitz has compiled the definitive anthology for American studies and American culture courses. Brimming with imaginative selections, the reader contains essays, plays, songs, comedy, legal documents, speeches, and poems by a rich array of authors-both domestic and international-whose writings echo recurring American themes. Collectively, the anthology identifies the ways in which scholars and popularizers have attempted to characterize America. Horwitz's insightful introduction summarizes key themes in the study of American culture as he traces the history of the field as well as current controversies. He avoids heavy jargon yet presents a nuanced view of the foundational works in American studies. Preceding the readings with concise, informative introductions, Horwitz seamlessly guides the reader through this distinctive collection.