British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks – serie
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12 produkter
Religion, Culture and Politics in the Twentieth-Century United States
Häftad, 2007
365 kr
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Anyone who seeks to understand the dynamics of culture and politics in the United States must grapple with the importance of religion in its many diverse and contentious manifestations. With conservative evangelicals forming the base of the Republican Party, racial-ethnic communities often …
Civil Rights Movement
Av Mark Newman
Häftad, 2004
633 kr
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This introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement, eschewing the celebratory tone that …
Civil War in American Culture
Av Will Kaufman
Häftad, 2006
372 kr
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The Civil War is an event of great cultural significance, impacting upon American literature, film, music, electronic media, the marketplace and public performance. This book takes an innovative approach to this great event in American history, exploring its cultural origins and enduring cultural …
Twenties in America
Politics and History
Av Niall Palmer
Häftad, 2006
629 kr
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This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade.Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren …
Contemporary Native American Literature
Häftad, 2007
465 kr
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This introduction to contemporary Native American literature is suitable for students with little or no knowledge of the subject, or of Native American culture or history.It examines influential texts in the context of the historical moment of their production, with reference to significant …
African American Visual Arts
From Slavery to the Present
Häftad, 2008
553 kr
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This book examines the quilts, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, installations, assemblages, daguerreotypes, photography and performance art produced by African American artists over a two hundred year period. The author draws on archaeological discoveries and unpublished archival materials to …
American Theatre
History, Context, Form
Häftad, 2011
375 kr
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Argues for the recognition of American theatre history as long, rich, diverse and critically compelling.Embracing all epochs of theatre history, from pre-colonial Native American performance rituals and the endeavours of early colonisers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to the end of the …
American Short Story since 1950
Av Kasia Boddy
Häftad, 2010
388 kr
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The American Short Story since 1950 offers a reappraisal and contextualisation of a critically underrated genre during a particularly rich period in its history. It offers new readings of important stories by key writers including Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Donald Barthelme, Raymond Carver, …
American Autobiography
Häftad, 2012
404 kr
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This introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important current developments in autobiography studies discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. Taking a broadly chronological approach, the history of American autobiography is explored …
American Autobiography
Inbunden, 2012
1531 kr
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The first student guide to American autobiographyThis introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important current developments in autobiography studies discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. Taking a broadly chronological approach, the …
American Theatre
History, Context, Form
Inbunden, 2011
1341 kr
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Argues for the recognition of American theatre history as long, rich, diverse and critically compelling.Embracing all epochs of theatre history, from pre-colonial Native American performance rituals and the endeavours of early colonisers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to the end of the …
New Deal
Av Fiona Venn
Häftad, 1998
416 kr
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This textbook offers a chronological introduction to the New Deal which incorporates material on events and developments outside as well as within Washington DC and on popular reaction to the policies. Reference is made to President Roosevelt and his role but the main emphasis is upon policy …
