{"product_id":"american-studies-louis-menand-9780374529000","title":"American Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt each step of this journey through American cultural history, Louis Menand has an original point to make: he explains the real significance of William James's nervous breakdown, and of the anti-Semitism in T. S. Eliot's writing. He reveals the reasons for the remarkable commercial successes of William Shawn's \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and William Paley's CBS. He uncovers the connection between Larry Flynt's \u003ci\u003eHustler\u003c\/i\u003e and Jerry Falwell's evangelism, between the atom bomb and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. He locates the importance of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Pauline Kael, Christopher Lasch, and \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. And he lends an ear to Al Gore in the White House as the Starr Report is finally presented to the public. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike his critically acclaimed bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphysical Club, American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is intellectual and cultural history at its best: game and detached, with a strong curiosity about the political underpinnings of ideas and about the reasons successful ideas insinuate themselves into the culture at large. From one of our leading thinkers and critics, known both for his \"sly wit and reportorial high-jinks  and] clarity and rigor\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e), these essays are incisive, surprising, and impossible to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Menand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374529000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374529000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Louis Menand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995528003839,"sku":"9780374529000","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_935d27dd-b785-45f5-8941-d603c3cdbd0e.jpg?v=1683336322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-studies-louis-menand-9780374529000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}