ENGLISH

American History Through Literature 1870-1920

By Tom Quirk , Gary Scharnhorst

Book information

Publisher
Charles Scribners Sons/Reference
Year
2005
ISBN
9780684314648, 0-684-31464-9
LCC
PS217.H57 A843 2005
Open Library ID
OL3407896M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
35 MB (36813513 bytes)
Volume
vol 1
Edition
1st
Pages
400\440
Topic
History
Time added
2010-04-25 21:59:20

Description

This A-Z, cross-referenced and illustrated title provides a unique overview of the period following the Civil War through the emergence of the United States as a world power at the end of World War I. The set features more than 250 survey entries. Subjects include: political topics (Reform, Women's Suffrage); ideas in context (Scientific Materialism, Darwinism); values (Assimilation, Success); society (Labor, Mass Marketing); genres (Science Fiction, War Writing); popular entertainment (Baseball, Boxing); publishing (Scribner's Magazine); works of literature and nonfiction ("Billy Budd," "The Theory of the Leisure Class"); and much more. The analysis of a wide range of classics in American literature, viewed as cultural and historical documents, cultivates critical skills in reading texts from various perspectives, including aesthetic, biographical, social, historical, racial and gendered. Along with its companion title on the period covering 1820 to 1870, this set provides a comprehensive overview of a key century in American historical and literary studies.

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