American Civilisation: An Introduction

Fülszöveg

American Civilisation: An Introduction
Edited by A. N. J. den Hollander Professor of Sociology and Director of the Amerika Institutt, University of Amsterdam and
Sigmund Skard
Professor of American Literature and Director of Amerikansk Institutt, University of Oslo
American Civilisation is the outcome of a project sponsored by the European Association for American Studies and supported by the American Council for Learned Studies. It comprises seventeen articles, most of which are by European scholars, specifically written to present European readers, whether university students or general readers, with a lively and coherent introduction to modern American civilisation. The contributors describe the political, social and economic structure of the U.S.A. and cover all aspects of American culture and the much debated 'American way of life'.
Social Structure Arvid Brodersen
Senior Fellow of Social Science, Centre for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut... Tovább

Fülszöveg

American Civilisation: An Introduction
Edited by A. N. J. den Hollander Professor of Sociology and Director of the Amerika Institutt, University of Amsterdam and
Sigmund Skard
Professor of American Literature and Director of Amerikansk Institutt, University of Oslo
American Civilisation is the outcome of a project sponsored by the European Association for American Studies and supported by the American Council for Learned Studies. It comprises seventeen articles, most of which are by European scholars, specifically written to present European readers, whether university students or general readers, with a lively and coherent introduction to modern American civilisation. The contributors describe the political, social and economic structure of the U.S.A. and cover all aspects of American culture and the much debated 'American way of life'.
Social Structure Arvid Brodersen
Senior Fellow of Social Science, Centre for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
The Stage Barnard Hewitt
Professor of Theatre and Chairman of the Department of Theatre, University of Illinois, Champaign, III.
Music
H. Wiley Hitchcock Professor of Music and Chairman of the Department of Music, Hunter College, New York, N.Y.
Education Torsten Húsén
Research Professor and Head of the Institute of Educational Research, University of Stockholm
Pictorial Arts and Architecture John W. McCoubrey
Professor of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Penn.
continued on back flap
continued from front flap
Mass Media
Harold Mendelsohn
Professor and Director of Research,
Department of Mass Communications,
University of Denver, Colorado
Panorama of the American
Cinema
Jean Mitry
Professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques, Paris
The Political System of the U.S.A. Richard H. Pear
Professor of Politics, University of Nottingham
Economic Structure J. Potter
Reader in Economic History (v^ith special reference to the U.S.A.), London School of Economics and Political Science
Philosophy
Herbert W. Schneider
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and
Religion, Columbia University, Nev/ York,
N.Y.
The Image of America in Europe Sigmund Skard
Religion Giorgio Spini
Professor of Modern History, University of Florence
Literature
Heinrich Straumann
Professor of English Philology, University of
Zürich
Law and Judicial System André Tunc
Professor,at the Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Économiques, Paris
The Natural Scene
J. Wreford Watson
Head of Department of Geography and
Professor of Geography, Edinburgh
University
History
Esmond Wright
Member of Parliament for Glasgow (Pollok), formerly Professor of History, University of Glasgow
American English R. W. Zandvoort
Emeritus Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Groningen
Also from Longmans
North America
Its Countries and Regions Second Edition
J. Wreford Watson
Written by the author of the opening chapter in American Civilisation, this study of the North American continent shows how man has made use of his environment to create a unique geography of settlement and development, at once impregnated with European traditions and charged with American ways and ideals.
The author describes the establishment and historical development of the various regional cultures and shows how the three great North American nations of today—Canada, Mexico and the United States—emerged.
The second edition brings all the population and production figures up to date and takes account of the important social and political changes which North America is now undergoing. It indicates new trends in resource development, rural settlement and metropolitan planning in all parts of North America to provide a complete picture of how each country has used and developed its resources to create the regional patterns that give such diversity and richness to the life of the continent. Vissza