Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781843313007
Publisert
2009-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Anthem Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
204 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
278
Forfatter
Introduction by
Biographical note
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.
‘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. Many of Chesterton’s reflections are timeless and startlingly prescient, and though unsparingly critical at times he was enthralled by the glorious ideals of the nation – founded on principles of equality, democracy and freedom. Among the finest of Chesterton’s works, the book overflows with wry humour, sympathy and intelligence playing devilishly against an irrepressible mischievousness.
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‘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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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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An eloquent record of the polymath G. K. Chesterton’s experiences on a lecture tour of the US in 1921.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781843313007
Publisert
2009-02-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Anthem Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
204 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
278
Forfatter
Introduction by
Biographical note
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.