Contributions in American Studies – serie
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18 produkter
For the Public Record
A Documentary History of the League of Women Voters
E-bok, 2000
1135 kr
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Through a judicious selection of documents from the papers of the League of Women Voters of the United States in the Library of Congress, Stuhler reveals the rich history of an organization designed to serve the public interest. In the aftermath of the 72-year long effort by American women to win …
Menace in the West
The Rise of French Anti$Americanism in Modern Times
Inbunden, 1978
1063 kr
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Sheds light on the origin and content of French anti-Americanism. In this work, French travel accounts of America have been scrutinized and periodicals in which the work of anti-American intellectuals was frequently serialized have been examined for the years 1917-1932.
Television Fraud
The History and Implications of the Quiz Show Scandals
Inbunden, 1979
680 kr
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Anderson provides an unprecedented probe into the inner workings of the quiz shows. He details their honest beginnings and explains how the practice of supplying answers grew out of a desire to keep popular contestants on the air as long as possible to boost ratings.
Democratic Dictatorship
The Emergent Constitution of Control
Inbunden, 1981
978 kr
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Miller examines the evolution of the system in response to climactic social and economic changes and questions how the American political system will adapt to the crisis-filled world of the late twentieth century.
Capacity for Outrage
The Judicial Odyssey of J. Skelly Wright
Inbunden, 1984
978 kr
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Arthur Selwyn Miller's book, the first biography written about Judge J. Skelly Wright, deals with the important aspects of his career as a jurist and the impact of his decisions on the development of constitutional law. Each chapter deals with a specific area of public law: an explanation of the …
Sons of Liberty
The Masculine Mind in Nineteenth-Century America
Av David Pugh
Inbunden, 1983
641 kr
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David G. Pugh examines the evolution and shape of the cult of masculinity in nineteenth-century America. The author contends that the men of the time had been cut loose from their traditional cultural moorings and required a leader with strength, endurance, and bravado. They sought these mythical …
Formative Essays of Justice Holmes
The Making of an American Legal Philosophy
Inbunden, 1984
711 kr
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Although The Common Law, the seminal work by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., clearly represents the culmination of an intellectual journey, the development of Holmes' thought has not been easily deciphered. Frederic Rogers Kellogg traces Holmes' intellectual path, and asks: why did Holmes write The …
Uncle Sam at Home
Civilian Mobilization, Wartime Federalism, and the Council of National Defense, 1917-1919
Inbunden, 1984
1095 kr
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Soul of the Wobblies
The I.W.W., Religion, and American Culture in the Progressive Era, 1905-1917
Inbunden, 1985
877 kr
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This important work offers a new view of the Wobblies by examining not only their connection to American culture but their relationship to early twentieth-century American religion. Winters firmly believes that there is a strong religious character in the Wobblies. He focuses on figures such as …
Abortion, Politics, and the Courts
Roe v. Wade and its Aftermath
Av Eva R. Rubin
Inbunden, 1987
1063 kr
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In 1973 the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision seemed to settle the abortion issue for all time. However, that victory did not win the war, and the impact of that milestone decision still echoes in on-going controversy, litigation, and political maneuvering. In this revised edition, Eva Rubin's …
Modular America
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Emergence of an American Way
Av John G. Blair, Tadayuki Okuma m. fl.
Inbunden, 1988
855 kr
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While the attempt to understand Americanness in terms of our beliefs and mentality is all too familiar, Blair's approach to the origins of American culture opens up previously unexplored perspectives. Focusing on the uniquely American tendency to organize cultural artifacts out of component parts …
Prophetic Pictures
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Knowledge and Uses of the Visual Arts
Av Sterling K. Eisiminger, Rita K. Gollin m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
820 kr
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This study takes an unusual approach to Nathaniel Hawthorne's work by exploring his knowledge and uses of the visual arts. The authors trace Hawthorne's encounters with art in his native New England, highlight his determined effort to acquire a taste for painting at the Manchester Exhibition in …
Selected Writings of Mordecai Noah
Av Daniel Kleinfeld, Michael Schuldiner m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
983 kr
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Mordecai Noah, whose writings span from the 1800s to the 1840s, is the first important Jewish writer to appear on the American scene. In his own time, he was ranked with Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper as among the finest writers of the day. Noah is primarily known today as the …
Television Fraud
The History and Implications of the Quiz Show Scandals
E-bok, 1979
729 kr
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Anderson provides an unprecedented probe into the inner workings of the quiz shows. He details their honest beginnings and explains how the practice of supplying answers grew out of a desire to keep popular contestants on the air as long as possible to boost ratings.
Eagle and Brooklyn
A Community Newspaper, 1841-1955
Av Raymond A. Schroth, Robert H. Walker
Inbunden, 1974
1023 kr
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Family, Drama, and American Dreams
Av Tom Scanlan
Inbunden, 1978
818 kr
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American drama is chiefly a drama of realistic family plays and its conventions revolve around the antagonistic impulses of security and freedom. Scanlan asserts that America's best plays are plays of family life and that they re-enact dilemmas of personal psychology and family structure.
