American Culture

An Anthology

Edited by Anders Breidlid, Fredrik Chr. Brøgger, Oyvind T. Gulliksen, Torbjorn Sirevag

This new edition of American Culture includes contemporary events and provides an introduction to American civilization. Extracts are taken from diverse sources such as political addresses,...

Published December 11th 2007 by Routledge.

The Old South

New Studies of Society and Culture

By J. William Harris

In this, the re-named second edition of Society and Culture in the Slave South, William Harris selects the most recent and original scholarship in the...

Published December 4th 2007 by Routledge.

Racial Discourse and Cosmopolitanism in Twentieth-Century African American Writing

By Tania Friedel

This book engages cosmopolitanism—a critical mode which moves beyond cultural pluralism by simultaneously privileging difference and commonality—in order to examine its particular deployment in the...

Published December 3rd 2007 by Routledge.

Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45

By Bruce Elleman

The important and previously undocumented event in the history of the Second World War: the negotiation of 'prisoner' exchanges between the United States and Japan...

Published December 1st 2007 by Routledge.

Gender and the American Temperance Movement of the Nineteenth Century

By Holly Berkley Fletcher

During the nineteenth century, the American temperance movement underwent a visible, gendered shift in its leadership as it evolved from a male-led movement to one...

Published November 27th 2007 by Routledge.

Unequal Sisters

An Inclusive Reader in US Women's History

Edited by Vicki L. Ruiz

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader in American Women’s History. It provides an unparalleled resource for understanding women’s history in the United...

Published November 26th 2007 by Routledge.

The United States and the Vietnam War, 1954-1975

A Selected Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Sources

By Louis Peake

The United States in the Vietnam War, 1954-1975 is an invaluable reference guide to the costly and controversial war the U.S. waged in Vietnam, over...

Published November 2nd 2007 by Routledge.

The Confederate Experience Reader

Selected Documents and Essays

Edited by John Derrick Fowler

The Confederate Experience Reader provides students and professors with the essential materials needed to understand and appreciate the major issues confronting the Southern Republic's brief...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

A collection of Conduct Books for Girls and Boys in 19th Century America

Edited by Toshika Nonomura

This set provides a collection of conduct books for children during Victorian America, in a facsimile reprint of sixteen items, including numerous illustrations and plates....

Published October 12th 2007 by Edition Synapse.

Myth and the Greatest Generation

A Social History of Americans in World War II

By Kenneth D. Rose

Myth and the Greatest Generation calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as The Greatest Generation...

Published October 8th 2007 by Routledge.