The American Studies AnthologyRichard P. Horwitz Rowman & Littlefield, 2001 - 376 sider 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. |
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... less fortunate folks take in such trinkets . In this respect , the cliché leaves people feeling free to opt out of history altogether . But why should anyone consider ancestors from Brooklyn , Britain , or Germany any more or less ...
... less fortunate folks take in such trinkets . In this respect , the cliché leaves people feeling free to opt out of history altogether . But why should anyone consider ancestors from Brooklyn , Britain , or Germany any more or less ...
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... less successfully " perform . " The history of American Studies might well be introduced as if it were an industry , a city , a game , or for that matter ( mindful of the jargon ) a foreign language . But among the distinct benefits of ...
... less successfully " perform . " The history of American Studies might well be introduced as if it were an industry , a city , a game , or for that matter ( mindful of the jargon ) a foreign language . But among the distinct benefits of ...
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... less how you should study it . How can you know whether something does or does not belong in a generalization about America ? How can you de- fine the place precisely enough to check ? One way to settle this would be to agree on a map ...
... less how you should study it . How can you know whether something does or does not belong in a generalization about America ? How can you de- fine the place precisely enough to check ? One way to settle this would be to agree on a map ...
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... less , the name caught on in the south and spread slowly with the Eu- ropean invasion to cover the rest of the hemisphere as well . Scholars at least since Ralph Waldo Emerson have found it amusing that the name for half the world ...
... less , the name caught on in the south and spread slowly with the Eu- ropean invasion to cover the rest of the hemisphere as well . Scholars at least since Ralph Waldo Emerson have found it amusing that the name for half the world ...
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... less where they live or what they are like at any point in time . Every day , thousands of people and a veritable army of attorneys struggle might- ily to settle their relationship to the U.S. government . Granted , a lot of prior ...
... less where they live or what they are like at any point in time . Every day , thousands of people and a veritable army of attorneys struggle might- ily to settle their relationship to the U.S. government . Granted , a lot of prior ...
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How America Was Discovered c 17351815 | 3 |
The Tempest 1611 | 7 |
A Model of Christian Charity 1630 | 12 |
Engel v Vitale 1962 | 19 |
5 Letter III from an American Farmer 1782 | 23 |
To the United States 1827 | 33 |
Paddys Lament ca 1865 | 35 |
The Spirit of Capitalism 1905 | 38 |
Gettysburg Address 1863 | 187 |
The American System 1928 | 191 |
The Four Freedoms 1941 | 199 |
Bowers v Hardwick 1986 | 206 |
Puerto Ricans 1961 | 218 |
Wrestling with the Hard One 1994 | 222 |
POPism1975 | 228 |
An Okie from Muskogee 1969 | 235 |
On Being an American 1922 | 50 |
America as an Independent Nation | 61 |
Declaration of Independence 1776 | 63 |
Declaration of Sentiments 1848 | 70 |
Independence Day Speech 1854 | 77 |
The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1893 | 83 |
Vietnams Declaration of Independence 1945 | 99 |
Independence Day 1993 | 103 |
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? 1852 | 105 |
America as a Place to Belong | 125 |
Americanism and the ForeignBorn 1915 | 127 |
Objections Answered 1913 | 131 |
Aint I a Woman? 1851 | 143 |
TransNational America 1916 | 146 |
Americanism 1919 | 163 |
Century Readings 1919 | 171 |
The OneHundred Percent American 1937 | 174 |
National Brotherhood Week 1965 | 178 |
America 1953 | 181 |
This Land Is Your Land 1940 | 183 |
America as a Land the Free | 185 |
Wasteland of the Free 1996 | 237 |
Of Our Spiritual Strivings 1903 | 240 |
America as an Empire | 249 |
The Utility of the Union 1787 | 250 |
The Monroe Doctrine 1823 | 256 |
The European Colonizations of America 1855 | 259 |
The White Mans Burden 1899 | 266 |
Cast Away Illusions Prepare for Struggle 1949 | 269 |
US and Mexican Pastimes 1946 | 274 |
Ugly American Sightings 2000 | 277 |
Letter to Americans 1986 | 293 |
America as a Culture | 299 |
The American Scholar 1837 | 301 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson Transcendental Critic 1927 | 319 |
Factors in American Literary History 1925 | 330 |
Middletown Faces Both Ways 1937 | 340 |
Cultural Locations Positioning American Studies in the Great Debate 1992 | 353 |
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING ON THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN STUDIES | 367 |
CREDITS FOR SELECTIONS CITATIONS AND VISUALS | 371 |
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