A New Introduction to American Studies.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 The human and natural environment -- 2 From settlement to independence -- 3 American political culture -- 4 Slavery and secession -- 5 Native Americans -- 6 Revisiting the American West -- 7 American immigration -- 8 Nineteenth-century American literature -- 9 Industry and technology -- 10 The twentieth-century American novel -- 11 Twentieth-century American poetry -- 12 Twentieth-century American drama -- 13 America and war -- 14 American women -- 15 Popular culture -- 16 America at the millennium -- Maps -- Notes on the contributors -- Index.

A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, politics, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. It will provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture. Ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress are fully examined and new light is shed on the sometimes contradictory ways in which these ideals have informed the nation's history and culture. For introductory undergraduate courses in American Studies, American History and American Literature.

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