Presbyterians and American Culture: A History, Paperback

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): George M. (Francis A. McAnaney Professor Emeritus of History, , Francis A. McAnaney Professor Emer...

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For many Americans of both right and left political persuasions, the Russian bear is more of a bugbear. On the right, the country is still mentally...

The iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the "fireside chats" of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr.: the...

This is the first book-length exploration of presbyterians and presbyterianism in London during the crisis period of the mid-seventeenth century. I...

Reducere. Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830 is a historical study examining the religious culture of Irish immigrants in...

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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, Paperback

Reducere. In the early nineteenth century, Protestant missionaries promoted the translation of evangelical hymns into the Ojibwe language, regarding this mus...

DescriptionSpike Lee's challenging film Bamboozled (2000) is often read as a surface level satire of blackface minstrelsy. Careful analysis, howeve...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter TurchinWE ARE ON THE WRONG TRACK Seventy percent of Americans (and counting) think so. The real wage of a US worker t...

In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises of "briar hopper, " "brush a...

Americanisation and demystification of America. 21st century Romanian perceptions of American culture - Irina David

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Reducere. *Includes pictures. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Neither the Choctaws nor Chicksaws ever engaged in war against the American peop...

*Includes pictures. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "Neither the Choctaws nor Chicksaws ever engaged in war against the American peop...

*Includes pictures depicting important Iroquois leaders and art. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded...

The collection explores the various, often conflicting representations of the war offered by US writers, artists, intellectuals, and political figu...

Reducere. The Cultural Front charts the extraordinary upsurge of cultural activity and theory in America that began during the Great Depression and embraced ...

This compelling look at the wellsprings of cultural vitality during one of the most dehumanizing experiences in history provides a fresh perspectiv...

Specially-commissioned essays analyse the history, politics, art and literature of Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present day. A ...

Now in an updated edition, this insightful book explores the ways U.S. movies, music, TV, fast food, sports, and even clothing styles have molded a...

A brilliantly illuminating and darkly comic tale of the ongoing financial and political crisis in America The financial crisis that exploded in 200...

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Reducere. The sheer diversity of the Asian American populace makes them an ambiguous racial category. Indeed, the 2010 U.S. Census lists twenty-four Asian-et...

This modern classic by one of our leading scholars seeks to explain the values prevalent in today's mass culture by tracing them back to their root...

Reimagines the American 19th century through a sweeping interdisciplinary engagement with oceans, genres, and timeEmergent Worlds re-locates ninete...

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Giving an introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this work introduces a number of import...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Britt RusertExposes the influential work of a group of black artists to confront and refute scientific racism. Traversing t...

Reducere. African Americans have made substantial contributions to the sporting world, and vice versa. This wide-ranging collection of new essays explore the...

Reducere. Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Ale...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Dana PolanIllustration(s): 25 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimens...