American Perspectives: The National Self-Image in the Twentieth Century

✍ Scribed by Robert E. Spiller (editor); Eric Larrabee (editor); Ralph Henry Gabriel (editor); Henry Nash Smith (editor); Edward N. Waters (editor)

Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 1961
Tongue: English
Leaves: 228
Series: The Library of Congress Series in American Civilization; 2
Edition: Reprint 2014
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CONTENTS
I. HISTORY AND THE AMERICAN PAST
II. PRAGMATISM AND THE SCOPE OF SCIENCE
III. LITERATURE AND THE CRITICS
IV. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
V. PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
VI. THE SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
VII. THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF AMERICAN ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
VIII. THE PUBLIC IMAGE: POLITICS
IX. THE DISCOVERY OF THE POPULAR CULTURE
X. THE DOCTRINE OF MASS PRODUCTION
NOTES
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX

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