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Companion to American Cultural History
Contributor(s): Halttunen (Author)
ISBN: 0631235663     ISBN-13: 9780631235668
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $268.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2008
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Annotation: In the past few decades, the field of American cultural history has emerged as a central area of interest for American historians. The field now embraces a holistic concept of "culture" as the entire range of practices, representations, languages, and beliefs that make up a particular society's way of life. "A Companion to American Cultural History" offers a historiographic overview of the scholarship, with special attention to the major studies and debates that have shaped the field, and an assessment of where it is currently headed. Primarily intended for cultural historians and students, the book will also appeal to all readers interested in the significant impact the burgeoning field of cultural history has made on American history scholarship.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - General
Dewey: 973
LCCN: 2007028573
Series: Blackwell Companions to American History
Physical Information: 1.22" H x 7.21" W x 9.86" (2.19 lbs) 480 pages
 
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A Companion to American Cultural History offers a historiographic overview of the scholarship, with special attention to the major studies and debates that have shaped the field, and an assessment of where it is currently headed.
  • 30 essays explore the history of American culture at all analytic levels
  • Written by scholarly experts well-versed in the questions and controversies that have activated interest in this burgeoning field
  • Part of the authoritative Blackwell Companions to American History series
  • Provides both a chronological and thematic approach: topics range from British America in the Eighteenth Century to the modern day globalization of American Culture; thematic approaches include gender and sexuality and popular culture