American Culture: An Anthology.(Brief article)(Book review)

Contemporary Review | September 22, 2008 | Copyright

American Culture: An Anthology. Anders Breidlid, Fredrik Christian Brgger, Oyvind T. Gulliksen and Torbjrn Sirevag, editors. Routledge. [pounds sterling]70.00. xxiii + 434 pages. ISBN 978-0-415-36093-7. This is a second edition of a text first published in 1996. The team of Norwegian scholars, having used their work in the class-room, have set out to make significant changes' with the same basic structure. Each part now has ten texts, a rewritten introduction, study questions, topics and suggestions for further reading. There are new chapters on Language and the Media, ...

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