This wide ranging selection of essays by a renowned English scholar express American history, literature, and culture. Many aspects and periods of American history, life, and thought are examined: military, political, biographical, comparative, and more. The text is scholarly, yet readable. The essays cover the young nation, George Washington, European attitudes toward the United States and vice versa, anti-Americanism, and American writers. This work seeks to serve as supplemental reading for courses in American history, American literature, and American studies. In Search of America devotes an entire section to the early problems of the young nation in achieving intellectual and artistic, as well as political, idependence. Military, biographical, and other aspects of George Washington provide thought-provoking material. The temperament and talent of American writers, including Stephen Crane, Henry Adams, and Willa Cather are considered.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
ABC-Clio
ISBN-13
9780313277122
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94614090
Product Key Features
Author
Phyllis Palmer
Publication Name
In Search of America: Transatlantic Essays, 1951-1990
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
470 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Phyllis Palmer
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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