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Culture as History: The Transformation of American Society in the Twentieth Century

With amazing creativity, clarity, and wit, Warren Susman (1927-1985) takes us on a provocative tour of the highlights of American culture. By looking at all types of 20th-century culture — highbrow, lowbrow, and middlebrow — Susman shows how culture itself has become a battleground for competing visions of American life. Fourteen essays include such topics as the nature of American conservatism, the cultural contradictions of a consumer society, and the role of the urban experience in the development of American culture.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 352
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781588340511
  • Genres
  • history, cultural, american
  • Release date
  • 2003