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Culture and customs of the United States
- Title
- Culture and customs of the United States / edited by Benjamin F. Shearer.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 2008.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG E169.1 .C843 2008 v. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG E169.1 .C843 2008 v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
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- Additional Authors
- Shearer, Benjamin F.
- Description
- 2 volumes (xxi, 408 pages) : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Depicts the full montage of American contemporary life by not only studying the past, but by also visiting the cultures of European, Middle Eastern, African, and Asian countries as well.
- Series Statement
- Culture and customs of North America
- Uniform Title
- Culture and customs of North America.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Volume 1. Customs and Society -- 1. Context :The Land, the People, the Past, the Present / Benjamin F. Shearer -- 2. Religion and Thought / Benjamin F. Shearer -- 3. Gender, Marriage, Family and Education / Ellen Baier -- 4. Holidays and Leisure / Wende Vyborney Feller -- Volume 2. Culture -- 5. Cuisine and Fashion / Benjamin F. Shearer -- 6. Literature / William P. Toth -- 7. Media and Cinema / Agnes Hooper Gottlieb -- 8. Performing Arts / Pamela Lee Gray -- 9. Art, Architecture and Housing / Benjamin F. Shearer.
- Call Number
- E169.1
- ISBN
- 9780313338755
- 0313338752
- 9780313338762
- 0313338760
- 9780313338779
- 0313338779
- LCCN
- 2007039174
- OCLC
- 173748324
- Title
- Culture and customs of the United States / edited by Benjamin F. Shearer.
- Imprint
- Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press, 2008.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Culture and customs of North AmericaCulture and customs of North America.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Shearer, Benjamin F.
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG E169.1 .C843 2008