The Beer Can by the Highway : Essays on What's American about Ame
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Name
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Special Attributes
- EX-LIBRARY
- ISBN
- 9780801836534
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801836530
ISBN-13
9780801836534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
768291
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beer Can by the Highway : Essays on What's American about America
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1988
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Essays, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Nature, Fiction, Literary Collections, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
87-046303
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Kouwenhoven is... an acute and extraordinarily genial analyst of our mechanized folkware." -- Charles Poore, New York Times
Table Of Content
Foreword Preface Chapter 1. Preliminary Glance at an American Landscape Chapter 2. The Dispraising of America Chapter 3. What's "American" About America Chapter 4. The Curriculum of Discovery Chapter 5. Liberal Crafts and Illiberal Arts Chapter 6. Farewell, Architecture! Chapter 7. What is "American" in Architecture and Design? Chapter 8. Up Tails All Chapter 9. Soft Sell, Hard Sell, Padded Sell Chapter 10. The Beer Can by the Highway Acknowledgments Index
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
First published in 1961, The Beer Can by the Highway takes a provocative, wide-ranging look at America's ever-changing physical and intellectual landscapes, from advertising and jazz to Manhattan's skyline and the prairies of the Midwest. The Johns Hopkins edition features a foreword by Ralph Ellison, who praises the work as 'one that springs from deep within that rich segment of the American grain which gave us the likes of Emerson and Whitman, Horatio Greenough and Constance Rourke -- yes, and Mark Twain.', First published in 1961, The Beer Can by the Highway takes a provocative, wide-ranging look at America's ever-changing physical and intellectual landscapes, from advertising and jazz to Manhattan's skyline and the prairies of the Midwest. The Johns Hopkins edition features a foreword by Ralph Ellison, who praises the work as 'one that springs from ......, First published in 1961, The Beer Can by the Highway takes a provocative, wide-ranging look at America's ever-changing physical and intellectual landscapes, from advertising and jazz to Manhattan's skyline and the prairies of the Midwest. The Johns Hopkins edition features a foreword by Ralph Ellison, who praises the work as "one that springs from deep within that rich segment of the American grain which gave us the likes of Emerson and Whitman, Horatio Greenough and Constance Rourke--yes, and Mark Twain."
LC Classification Number
E169.1.K67 1988
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