Bøger af David Nye

Contemporary American Society guides the European reader to a nuanced understanding of the United States. It outlines the nation's geography, the changing composition of the population, the political and electoral system, economic organization, class structure, racial divisions, religious variety, welfare services, and educational institutions. It is both a survey and a general essay on the American nation as it confronts a new millennium.

Nye analyzes the transformation of the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls into tourist sites, the history of light shows at world's fairs, the New Deal programs designed to provide electricity to rural areas, and the Apollo 11 moon to reveal how the spaces we live in and the technology we use are integral to American identity, and a key part of American self-representation. Nye also turns his attention to the Internet, where technology has not simply transformed space, but created a whole new kind of space, and with it, new stories. Nye analyzes the transformation of the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls into tourist sites, the history of light shows at world's fairs, the New Deal programs designed to provide electricity to rural areas, the Apollo 11 moon landing, and the new narratives of the Internet to reveal how the spaces we live in and the technology we use are integral to American identity, and a key part of American self-representation. In examining the interaction of technology, space, and American narrative, Nye argues against the idea that technology is an inevitable and insidious controller of our lives.

The United (and Divided) States er en kort og lelæst introduktion til det amerikanske samfund. Bogen kan med fordel benyttes på landets universiteter og gymnasier, men er også relevant for enhver, der ønsker at stifte bekendtskab med Amerikas historie, opbygning og underlæggende strukturer. Bogen er skrevet på engelsk.Abraham Lincoln observed on the eve of the Civil War, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." In 2021 the United States seems so polarized that it again is in a profound crisis. How did it become so divided?This book examines the divergent experiences of American generations, the widening gaps between social classes, longstanding regional tensions, the diversity of American racial and gender identities, the weakening allegiance to a shared civil religion, and the disruptions caused by the new digital economy.Has the discord culminated in the Trump presidency and the 2020 elections? Can President Biden overcome the animosities that are tearing the nation apart? Or is the American Century coming to an end?The United (and Divided) States ofers a new framework for understanding the United States, written in the accessible style that a generation of readers have enjoyed in the same author's Contemporary American Society.

The United (and Divided) States er en kort og letlæst introduktion til det amerikanske samfund. Bogen kan med fordel benyttes på landets universiteter og gymnasier, men er også relevant for enhver, der ønsker at stifte bekendtskab med Amerikas historie, opbygning og underlæggende strukturer. Bogen er skrevet på engelsk.Abraham Lincoln observed on the eve of the Civil War, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." In 2021 the United States seems so polarized that it again is in a profound crisis. How did it become so divided?This book examines the divergent experiences of American generations, the widening gaps between social classes, longstanding regional tensions, the diversity of American racial and gender identities, the weakening allegiance to a shared civil religion, and the disruptions caused by the new digital economy.Has the discord culminated in the Trump presidency and the 2020 elections? Can President Biden overcome the animosities that are tearing the nation apart? Or is the American Century coming to an end?The United (and Divided) States ofers a new framework for understanding the United States, written in the accessible style that a generation of readers have enjoyed in the same author's Contemporary American Society.