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Americanness : inquiries into thought and culture of the United States
- Title
- Americanness : inquiries into thought and culture of the United States / Simon J. Bronner.
- Author
- Bronner, Simon J.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- xii, 242 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because of, and despite, their pronounced diversity. The book investigates shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility, materialism, and future-orientation, that drive an overarching American worldview. Simon J. Bronner begins with ideas of space and time as they formed and changed through the history of the United States, before moving to the emergence of modern American culture. He examines reasons America is characterized as having a "victory culture" that extends to the American legal, military, and business complexes. This victory culture is further analyzed by looking at the country's relationship with the game of football - a sport that thrives in America but has not caught on in other countries. Finally, the volume probes American consumerism driven by a desire for individual prosperity in a supposedly egalitarian society. Using interdisciplinary methods of psychology, sociology, ethnology, and history, Bronner seeks explanations for people invoking, and evoking, ideas that they perceive as American. This book would be an invaluable addition to courses on American history, sociology, cultural studies, and American studies"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Space -- Time -- Winning -- Money.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-498
- ISBN
- 9781138320994
- 1138320994
- 9781138320987
- 1138320986
- LCCN
- 2021006656
- 40030730400
- OCLC
- 1243014466
- Author
- Bronner, Simon J., author.
- Title
- Americanness : inquiries into thought and culture of the United States / Simon J. Bronner.
- Publisher
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE. EXAMINES SEVERAL TOUCHSTONES OF AMERICAN CULTURE.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Bronner, Simon J. Americanness New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780429452970 (DLC) 2021006657
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030730400
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-498