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A reader's guide to making America : the society and culture of the United States / edited by Luther S. Luedtke

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Forum seriesPublisher: Washigton, D.C. : United States Department of State, 1990Description: viii, 97 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973
Contents:
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
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Book Book Main Library Reference Section American Shelf US 973 R286 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 130851d

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

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