{"product_id":"main-street-and-empire-ryan-poll-9780813552903","title":"Main Street and Empire: The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization","description":"The small town has become a national icon that circulates widely in literature, culture, and politics as an authentic American space and community. Yet there are surprisingly few critical studies that analyze the small town's centrality to the United States' identity and imagination. \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMain Street and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Ryan Poll addresses this need, arguing that the small town, as evoked by the image of \"Main Street,\" is not a relic of the past but rather a metaphorical screen upon which America's \"everyday\" stories and subjects are projected on both a national and global scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing together a broad selection of texts-from Thornton Wilder's \u003ci\u003eOur Town\u003c\/i\u003e, Grace Metalious's \u003ci\u003ePeyton Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and Peter Weir's \u003ci\u003eThe Truman Show\u003c\/i\u003e to the speeches of William McKinley, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, and Barack Obama-Poll examines how the small town is used to imagine and reproduce the nation throughout the twentieth- and into the twenty-first century. He contends that the dominant small town, despite its innocent, nostalgic appearance, is central to the development of the U.S. empire and global capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Poll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813552907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813552903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012","brand":"Ryan Poll","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120308809983,"sku":"9780813552903","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afc9657f-61ae-4963-a707-02742cf492a4.jpg?v=1687413625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/main-street-and-empire-ryan-poll-9780813552903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}