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Mencken's America / edited by S.T. Joshi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, American.
- United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 244 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Famous as a political, social and cultural gadfly, journalist and essayist H.L. Mencken was unafraid to speak his mind on controversial topics and to express his views in a deliberately provocative manner. This is a collection of work previously only published in newspapers and magazines.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Introduction
- A Note on This Edition
- Prologue: On Living in the United States
- 1/The American: A Treatise
- 2/The American Landscape
- 3/American Politics, Morality, and Religion
- 4/American Art, Literature, and Culture
- Epilogue: Testament
- Notes
- Glossary of Names
- Sources
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4176-0
- OCLC:
- 191931863
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