Made in America

by Bryson, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780380713813
• ISBN10: 0380713810
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Bill Bryson, who gave glorious voice to The Mother Tongue, now celebrates her magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood...and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap "Macaroni."

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Mayflower and Before	p. 1
Becoming Americans	p. 13
A "Democratical Phrenzy": America in the Age of Revolution	p. 30
Making a Nation	p. 48
By the Dawn's Early Light: Forging a National Identity	p. 64
We're in the Money: The Age of Invention	p. 82
Names	p. 100
"Manifest Destiny": Taming the West	p. 119
The Melting Pot: Immigration in America	p. 134
When the Going Was Good: Travel in America	p. 156
What's Cooking?: Eating in America	p. 180
Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America	p. 206
Manners and Other Matters	p. 219
The Hard Sell: Advertising in America	p. 235
The Movies	p. 248
The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play	p. 263
Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War	p. 287
Sex and Other Distractions	p. 304
From Kitty Hawk to the Jumbo Jet	p. 324
Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond	p. 334
American English Today	p. 352
Notes on Sources	p. 365
Select Bibliography	p. 385
Index	p. 395
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