Full Description
"The discussion of each period is wide-ranging, analyzing movements and spotlighting major figures in politics and philosophy, law and literature, economics and education, jazz and journalism, science and civil rights. A readable, insightful overview of the underlying patterns that give shape to U.S. cultural history. Nonacademic readers will find Crunden's selective bibliographical essay helpful". -- Booklist
Contents
Preface; Prologue; Part 1 A Local Culture 1630-1815; Chapter 1 Boston, 1630-1776; Chapter 2 Philadelphia, 1740-1800; Chapter 3 Virginia, 1763-1815; Part 2 A Sectional Culture 1815-1901; Chapter 4 Cultural Nationalism, 1815-1865; Chapter 5 The Religious Pressures on Literature and Politics, 1815-1876; Chapter 6 The Defeat of the South and the Appeal of the West, 1815-1901; Part 3 The Northern Nation; Chapter 7 From Darwinism to Progressivism, 1865-1917; Chapter 8 From Anti-Social Darwinism to Pragmatism, 1865-1917; Chapter 9 The Preconditions for Modern Art, 1865-1904; Part 4 A National Culture 1901-1941; Chapter 10 The Reunion with Europe, 1901-1941; Chapter 11 The Indigenous Arts, 1901-1941; Part 5 A Cosmopolitan Culture; Chapter 12 The Recovery of American Ideals, 1954-1965; Chapter 13 The Primacy of Foreign Policy, 1941-1977; Chapter 14 A Culture of Outsiders, 1943-1958; Chapter 15 The Conservative Hegemony, 1969-1992; Chapter -bm1 Bibliographical Essay;
