{"product_id":"al-america-jonathan-curiel-9781595583529","title":"Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour out of ten Americans say they dislike Muslims, according to a Gallup poll. \"Muslims,\" a blogger wrote on the Web site Free Republic, \"don't belong in America.\" In a lively, funny, and revealing riposte to these sentiments, journalist Jonathan Curiel offers a fascinating tour through the little-known Islamic past, and present, of American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom highbrow to pop, from lighthearted to profound, \u003ci\u003eAl' America\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the Islamic and Arab influences before our eyes, under our noses, and ringing in our ears. Curiel demonstrates that many of America's most celebrated places--including the Alamo in San Antonio, the French Quarter of New Orleans, and the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina--retain vestiges of Arab and Islamic culture. Likewise, some of America's most recognizable music--the Delta Blues, the surf sounds of Dick Dale, the rock and psychedelia of Jim Morrison and the Doors--is indebted to Arab music. And some of America's leading historical figures, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elvis Presley, relied on Arab or Muslim culture for intellectual sustenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart travelogue, part cultural history, \u003ci\u003eAl' America\u003c\/i\u003e confirms a continuous pattern of give-and-take between America and the Arab Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Curiel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595583521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595583529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.58w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2008 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2008 pg. 985","brand":"Jonathan Curiel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058606698751,"sku":"9781595583529","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dea8cce4-24a1-4718-b8e9-68aa629781dd.jpg?v=1685053521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/al-america-jonathan-curiel-9781595583529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}