Making America
The Society and Culture of the United States
Edited by Luther S. Luedtke
584 pp., 6 x 9
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4370-3
Published: July 1992
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Making America is a dynamic account of the American experience, from matters of landscape, immigration, and urbanization; to manners, literature, and the arts; social organization and values; religion, science, philosophy, and law. An introduction and twenty-six skillfully written chapters combine historical developments with critical analyses in a broad portrait of the United States. Taken in sequence, the essays will provoke readers to experience the still-evolving society and complex cultures of the American people. Since the chapters are equally valuable when considered individually, the construction of this volume also encourages selective reading.
Refreshingly accessible, Making America is essential for students and scholars across the field of American Studies and for general readers concerned with cultural literacy. Each chapter includes an extensive descriptive bibliography for those who wish to explore particular topics in more depth. In addition, a fine selection of maps, paintings, and photographs illustrate the intricate structure of American life.
About the Author
Luther S. Luedtke is author of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Romance of the Orient and editor and coauthor of The Study of American Culture.
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"Every public and university library should own Making America."--Journal of American Culture
"Impressive in scope and size. . . . These essays by outstanding scholars, and the suggestions for further reading about each essay, make this a highly valuable reader for American studies and American history courses."--Journal of American Ethnic History
"Making America assembles a group of well-written essays that chart the course of American Studies today. . . . The organization is clear and useful, and the range of subjects, from geography and demographics, through culture (imaginatively including manners as well as art, architecture, literature, mass media, and sports) to social and philosophical subjects, offers breadth as well as depth in the study of American culture."--Joy Kasson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"There can be few if any American scholars who have had the breadth and depth of experience in other cultures that Luther Luedtke has had. His Making America has had a distinguished life instructing others about us, and it is good that Americans may now learn about themselves from it as well. Many of the individual essays are destined to become classics."--Robin W. Winks, Yale University
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