LEADER 04195nam 22005412 450 001 996216736503316 005 20151109030845.0 010 $a1-107-48615-7 010 $a1-139-00117-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000820129 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000371730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11923711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000371730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412733 035 $a(PQKB)10607213 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139001175 035 $a(PPN)145237737 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000820129 100 $a20110114d2006|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to modern American culture /$fedited by Christopher Bigsby$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 496 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to culture 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-60109-6 311 $a0-521-84132-1 327 $a1. Introduction: what, then, is the American? / Christopher Bigsby -- 2. The American century / Godfrey Hodgson -- 3. The regions and regionalism / Richard H. King -- 4. Immigration to the United States in the twentieth century / Roger Daniels -- 5. Religion in the United States in the twentieth century: 1900-1960 / Peter W. Williams -- 6. Shifting boundaries: religion and the United States: 1960 to the present / Wade Clark Roof and Nathalie Caron -- 7. The Hispanic background of the United States / Nicola?s Kanellos -- 8. African Americans since 1900 / Werner Sollors -- 9. Asian Americans / James Kyung-Jin Lee -- 10. Women in the twentieth century / S.J. Kleinberg -- 11. Queer America / Robert McRuer -- 12. The United States, war, and the twentieth century / Kenneth P. O'Brien -- 13. The culture of the Cold War / Stephen J. Whitfield -- 14. Secret America: the CIA and American culture / Hugh Wilford -- 15. Vietnam and the 1960s / John Hellmann -- 16. New York City and the struggle of the modern / Eric Homberger -- 17. Music: sound: technology / William Brooks -- 18. African American music of the twentieth century / Paul Oliver -- 19. Hollywood cinema / Walter Metz -- 20. Popular culture / Paul Buhle -- 21. Theatre / Brenda Murphy -- 22. Society and the novel in twentieth-century America / Emory Elliott -- 23. "Preferring the wrong way": mapping the ethical diversity of US twentieth-century poetry / Tim Woods. 330 $aThe Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the cultural themes and intellectual issues that drive the dominant culture of the twentieth century. This companion explores the social, political and economic forces that have made America what it is today. It shows how these contexts impact upon twentieth-century American literature, cinema and art. An international team of contributors examines the special contribution of African Americans and of immigrant communities to the variety and vibrancy of modern America. The essays range from art to politics, popular culture to sport, immigration and race to religion and war. Varied, extensive and challenging, this Companion is essential reading for students and teachers of American studies around the world. It is the most accessible and useful introduction available to an exciting range of topics in modern American culture. 410 0$aCambridge companions to culture. 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xStudy and teaching 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 676 $a973.9 702 $aBigsby$b C. W. E. 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996216736503316 996 $aCambridge companion to modern American culture$91123809 997 $aUNISA