ABSTRACT

"The discussion of each period is wide-ranging, analyzing movements and spotlighting major figures in politics and philosophy, law and literature, economics and education, jazz and journalism, science and civil rights. A readable, insightful overview of the underlying patterns that give shape to U.S. cultural history. Nonacademic readers will find Crunden's selective bibliographical essay helpful". -- Booklist

part I|54 pages

A Local Culture 1630–1815

chapter 1|24 pages

Boston, 1630–1776

chapter 2|13 pages

Philadelphia, 1740–1800

chapter 3|15 pages

Virginia, 1763–1815

part II|71 pages

A Sectional Culture 1815–1901

part III|56 pages

The Northern Nation

part IV|52 pages

A National Culture 1901–1941

chapter 10|21 pages

The Reunion with Europe, 1901–1941

chapter 11|29 pages

The Indigenous Arts, 1901–1941

part V|97 pages

A Cosmopolitan Culture

chapter 12|15 pages

The Recovery of American Ideals, 1954–1965

chapter 13|20 pages

The Primacy of Foreign Policy, 1941–1977

chapter 14|19 pages

A Culture of Outsiders, 1943–1958

chapter 15|41 pages

The Conservative Hegemony, 1969–1992