'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.
'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.
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
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
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