ISBN: 9780395689929 - american studies (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. At each step of this journey through American cultural history, Louis Menand has an original point to make: he explains the real significance of William James's nervous breakdown, and of the anti-Semitism in T. S. Eliot's writing. He reveals the reasons for the remarkable commercial successes of William Shawn's New Yorker and William Paley's CBS. He uncovers the connection between Larry Flynt's Hustler and Jerry Falwell's evangelism, between the atom bomb and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. He locates the importance of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Pauline Kael, Christopher Lasch, and Rolling Stone magazine. And he lends an ear to Al Gore in the White House as the Starr Report is finally presented to the public. Like his critically acclaimed bestseller, The Metaphysical Club, American Studies is intellectual and cultural history at its best: game and detached, with a strong curiosity about the political underpinnings of ideas and about the reasons successful ideas insinuate themselves into the culture at large. From one of our leading thinkers and critics, known both for his sly wit and reportorial high-jinks and] clarity and rigor (The Nation), these essays are incisive, surprising, and impossible to put down.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on half title page. Dust jacket price clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete printing number line. G13.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 275 pp. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, a work of historical fiction revolving around gay life in Americathat moves between the present day and the past of 50 years before.…

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. Binding is square, tight, and solid. Pages are clean, unmarked, and not bent.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good or better dust jacket with light rubbing, and a few spots of loose lamination.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Faint sticker offsetting on front pastedown, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A novel.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Gut. Gutes Exemplar, geringe Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, Schnitt/Papier nachgedunkelt, innen alles in Ordnung; Good copy, light signs of previous use, cover/dust jacket shows some rubbing/wear, edges/text pages show yellowing/darkening, interior in good condition. A240719am01 ISBN: 9780395689929 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.…