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American Civilization - David Mauk, John Oakland

American Civilization

Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2002 | 3rd New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-26868-4 (ISBN)
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"American Civilization" introduces all the important aspects of contemporary America to students of English language and American studies, and includes themes such as: the people, settlement, immigration, women, minorities, political institutions, foreign policy and the legal system.
This third edition has been extensively revised and contains:
* integration of the multicultural aspects of America
* material on the South, and the African-American and Latino populations
* integration of material on women throughout the text
* an updated mass media chapter with more on I.T., the internet and globalization
* a chronology illustrating the major events in all topics covered
* a combined chapter on the state, local government and the political system
* full coverage of the 'frontier' concept
* more material on attitudes to the death penalty, gun control etc
* completely updated illustrations.

David Mauk is Senior Lecturer in English at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and is also the author of The Colony that Rose from the Sea: Norwegian Maritime Migration and Community in Brooklyn. John Oakland is Senior Lecturer in English at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the author of British Civilization and A Dictionary of British Institutions.

Introduction 1 The country 2 The people: settlement and immigration 3 The people: minorities 4 Political institutions, state and local government 5 Foreign policy 6 The legal system 7 Economic and industrial institutions 8 Social services 9 Education 10 The media 11 Religion 12 The arts, sports and leisure Appendix Bibliography Suggested further reading Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.5.2002
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 975 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-415-26868-0 / 0415268680
ISBN-13 978-0-415-26868-4 / 9780415268684
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