A reader's guide to making America : the society and culture of the United States
A reader's guide to making America : the society and culture of the United States
/ edited by Luther S. Luedtke
- viii, 97 pages : illustrations
- Forum series .
Part 1. Building a nation 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 / Sam Bass Warner, Jr. Cultural regions of America / Raymond D. Gastil Part 2. Expressions of American culture American manners / Neil Harris The artlessness of American culture / Dickran Tashjian A new architecture, yet old / LelandM. Roth 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 Part 3. Society and values Individualism and equality in the United States / Nathan Glazer Continuity and change in the American family / Tamara K. Hareven Women and American society / William H. Chafe Status and social class in America / Edward Pessen The American system of education / John B. Orr Part 4. Varieties of American thought Religion in America / Martin E. Marty Americans, exploration, and the culture of science / 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 Reform and social change / Robert H. Walker
United States--Civilization
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Part 1. Building a nation 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 / Sam Bass Warner, Jr. Cultural regions of America / Raymond D. Gastil Part 2. Expressions of American culture American manners / Neil Harris The artlessness of American culture / Dickran Tashjian A new architecture, yet old / LelandM. Roth 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 Part 3. Society and values Individualism and equality in the United States / Nathan Glazer Continuity and change in the American family / Tamara K. Hareven Women and American society / William H. Chafe Status and social class in America / Edward Pessen The American system of education / John B. Orr Part 4. Varieties of American thought Religion in America / Martin E. Marty Americans, exploration, and the culture of science / 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 Reform and social change / Robert H. Walker
United States--Civilization
973