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UNINA9910780021603321 |
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Autore |
Lauter Paul |
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From Walden Pond to Jurassic Park [[electronic resource] ] : activism, culture, and American studies |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2004 |
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1-282-90341-1 |
9786612903410 |
0-8223-8047-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism - 20th century - United States |
Social movements - History - 20th century |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
United States - General |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Part One. Practicing American Studies; Chapter One. Reconfiguring Academic Disciplines:The Emergence of American Studies; Chapter Two. American Studies, American Politics,and the Reinvention of Class; Chapter Three. Versions of Nashville, Visions ofAmerican Studies; Chapter Four. Culture and Conformity in WartimeAmerica: My Junior High School Songbook; Chapter Five. Dinosaur Culture: From MansfieldPark to Jurassic Park; Part Two. American Studies in a Racialized World; Chapter Six. American Studies and Ethnic Studiesat the Borderlands Crossroads |
Chapter Seven. Of Chadors and CapitalChapter Eight. Fiction as Exploration: The Novels ofCharles Chesnutt; Part Three. Revisiting the Canon: The Question of Modernism; Chapter Nine. Reflecting on The Heath Anthology ofAmerican Literature; Chapter Ten. Melville Climbs the Canon; Chapter Eleven. And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen,May I Present Miss Amy Lowell; Chapter Twelve. Cold War Culture and theConstruction of Modernism; Notes; Index |
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