The American Dream : A Cultural History 9780815651871, 9780815610076

There is no better way to understand America than by understanding the cultural history of the American Dream. Rather th

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A Cultural History of the Disney Fairy Tale: Once Upon an American Dream 3030501485, 9783030501488
A Cultural History of the Disney Fairy Tale: Once Upon an American Dream 3030501485, 9783030501488

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

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Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit [Core Textbook ed.] 9781400822836
Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit [Core Textbook ed.] 9781400822836

Once there was a golden age of American thrift, when citizens lived sensibly within their means and worked hard to stay

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The American Robot: A Cultural History 9780226692852
The American Robot: A Cultural History 9780226692852

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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American Niceness: A Cultural History 0674976495, 9780674976498
American Niceness: A Cultural History 0674976495, 9780674976498

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

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A Cultural History of the Disney Fairy Tale: Once Upon an American Dream [1 ed.] 9783030501495
A Cultural History of the Disney Fairy Tale: Once Upon an American Dream [1 ed.] 9783030501495

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

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The American Way of Life : A Cultural History 9781683930839, 9781683930822
The American Way of Life : A Cultural History 9781683930839, 9781683930822

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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Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train 9781503629950
Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train 9781503629950

How the various, often contradictory, images of the Tôkaidô Shinkansen prompted a reimagination of identity on the level

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Naked: A Cultural History of American Nudism 0814790534, 9780814790533
Naked: A Cultural History of American Nudism 0814790534, 9780814790533

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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Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon 9780195146318, 019514631X
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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The American 1890s: A Cultural Reader 9780822380856
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An anthology of articles from periodicals of the 1890s, chosen to reflect various aspects of American culture during the

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