Roderick Nash

The Nervous Generation

American Thought 1917-1930

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A major reinterpretation of American thought from 1917 to 1930, with a lively foray into the popular culture of the supposedly roaring twenties.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ivan R. Dee
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9780929587219
• ISBN-10: 0929587219
• Artikelnr.: 21851249

Autorenporträt

By Roderick Nash

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Part 2 2. REPUTATION 5 Chapter 3 Popularizers 5
Chapter 4 Professionals 21 Part 5 INTELLECTUALS: A LOST GENERATION? 33
Chapter 6 War 33 Chapter 7 Man 45 Chapter 8 Democracy 55 Chapter 9 Nation
68 Chapter 10 Nature 77 Chapter 11 Esthetics 90 Chapter 12 Ethics 104
Chapter 13 Existentialism 115 Part 14 4. THE MOOD OF THE PEOPLE 126 Chapter
15 Heroes 126 Chapter 16 Books 137 Chapter 17 Crusades 142 Chapter 18 Faith
147 Part 19 5. HENRY FORD: SYMBOL OF AN AGE 153 Part 20 A Note on the
Sources 164 Part 21 Index 169