G. K. Chesterton

What I Saw in America

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Produktbeschreibung

'What I Saw in America' is an eloquent record of the polymath G. K. Chesterton's experiences on a lecture tour of the US in 1921. This is a persuasive, revealing and essential work that overflows with wry humour, sympathy and intelligence playing devilishly against an irrepressible mischievousness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781843313007
• ISBN-10: 1843313006
• Artikelnr.: 23433759

Autorenporträt

G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was the author of over 80 books, several hundred poems, 200 short stories and 4000 essays. Simon Newman is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on the social and political history of early America.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is America?
2. A Meditation in a New York Hotel
3. A Meditation in Broadway
4. Irish and other Interviewers
5. Some American Cities
6. In the American Country
7. The American Business Man
8. Presidents and Problems
9. Prohibition in Fact and Fancy
10. Fads and Public Opinion
11. The Extraordinary American
12. The Republican in the Ruins
13. Is the Atlantic Narrowing?
14. Lincoln and Lost Causes
15. Wells and the World State
16. A New Martin Chuzzlewit
17. The Spirit of America
18. The Spirit of England
19. The Future of Democracy