Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream - Couverture rigide

Churchwell, Sarah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1408894807 ISBN 13 : 9781408894804

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

What does America stand for in the twenty-first century? Behold, America confronts this urgent question by looking at the story behind two of the most contentious phrases in the American political playbook: the 'American dream' and 'America first'

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Churchwell is Professor of American Literature and Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is the author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby and The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe. Her literary journalism has appeared widely in newspapers including the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement and New York Times Book Review, and she comments regularly on arts, culture, and politics for television and radio, where appearances include Question Time, Newsnight and The Review Show. She has judged many literary prizes, including the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and she was a co-winner of the 2015 Eccles British Library Writer's Award. Her new book, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, will be published by Bloomsbury in May 2018.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408894807
• ISBN 13: 9781408894804
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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