Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 264 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0691001340
,
0691001332
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9780691001340
Content:
In recent decades, historians and social theorists have given much thought to the concept of "culture," its origins in Western thought, and its usefulness for social analysis. In this book, Susan Hegeman focuses on the term's history in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. She shows how, during this period, the term "culture" changed from being a technical term associated primarily with anthropology into a term of popular usage. She shows the connections between this movement of "culture" into the mainstream and the emergence of a distinctive "American culture," with
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-257) and index
,
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691001340
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Patterns for America : Modernism and the Concept of Culture
Language:
English
