Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 2001. — 1310 p. — ISBN-10: 0380713810, ISBN-13: 978-0380713813Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."Аудио: /file/1321829/ /file/1321833/ /file/1321836/ /file/1321839/ /file/1321841/ /file/1321845/Contents Dedication Introduction The Mayflower and Before Becoming Americans A Democratical Phrenzy: America in the Age of Revolution Making a Nation By the Dawn’s Early Light: Forging a National Identity We’re in the Money: The Age of Invention Names Manifest Destiny: Taming the West The Melting Pot: Immigration in America When the Going Was Good: Travel in America What’s Cooking?: Eating in America Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America Manners and Other Matters The Hard Sell: Advertising in America The Movies The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War Sex and Other Distractions From Kitty Hawk to the Jumbo Jet Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond American English Today Select Bibliography Notes on Sources Index About the Author Praise for Made in America Books by Bill Bryson Copyright About the Publisher