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Americanness - Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States (Hardcover)
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Americanness - Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States (Hardcover)
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Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United
States analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because
of, and despite, their pronounced diversity. The book investigates
shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility,
materialism, and future-orientation, that drive an overarching
American worldview. Simon J. Bronner begins with ideas of space and
time as they formed and changed through the history of the United
States, before moving to the emergence of modern American culture.
He examines reasons America is characterized as having a "victory
culture" that extends to the American legal, military, and business
complexes. This victory culture is further analyzed by looking at
the country's relationship with the game of football-a sport that
thrives in America but has not caught on in other countries.
Finally, the volume probes American consumerism driven by a desire
for individual prosperity in a supposedly egalitarian society.
Using interdisciplinary approaches drawn from psychology,
sociology, ethnology, and history, Bronner seeks explanations for
people invoking, and evoking, ideas that they perceive as American.
This book would be an invaluable addition to courses on American
history, sociology, cultural studies, and American studies.
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