Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon 9780195146318, 019514631X

In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises o

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After debuting in 1938, Superman soon became an American icon. But why has he maintained his iconic status for nearly 80

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Although they entered the world as pure science fiction, robots are now very much a fact of everyday life. Whether a spa

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The clich� of the Ugly American--loud, vulgar, materialistic, chauvinistic--still expresses what people around the world

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Telling the full story of the American Way of Life (or more simply the American Way) in the United States over the cours

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This book charts the complex history of the relationship between the Disney fairy tale and the American Dream, demonstra

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In 1929, a small group of men and women threw off their clothes and began to exercise in a New York City gymnasium, mark

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"[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.J. Walker." Booklist, Starred Review Madam C. J.

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