文档介绍：Edited by
American Thought
Martin Halliwell
and Culture in the and
21st Century Catherine Morley
AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE
IN THE 21ST CENTURY
AMERICAN THOUGHT
AND CULTURE
IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Edited by
Martin Halliwell and Catherine Morley
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
© editorial matter anisation Martin Halliwell and Catherine Morley, 2008
© the chapters their several authors, 2008
Edinburgh University Press Ltd
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Notes on the Contributors ix
Introduction: The Next American Century? 1
Martin Halliwell and Catherine Morley
PART 1 POLITICS
1. American Politics in the 1990s and 2000s 21
Dominic Sandbrook
2. American Leadership into the New Century 35
John Dumbrell
3. 9/11 and US Foreign Policy 49
David Ryan
4. Three Variations on American Liberalism 65
Peter Kuryla
5. The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism 81
Kevin Mattson
6. US Propaganda 97
Nancy Snow
AMERICAN THOUGHT AND CULTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
PART 2 SOCIETY
7. Contemporary Social Criticism 115
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
8. Religion in Post-Secular America 127
Wilfred M. McClay
9. The US and Globalisation 145
Howard Brick
10. The Future of Medicine 161
Christopher Thomas Scott
11. Technology in the 21st Century 179
Carroll Pursell
12. America and the Environment 195
John Wills
PART 3 CULTURE
13. Contemporary American Culture 211
Martin Halliwell
14. Cultural Pluralism and National Identity 227
a Tillett
15. Writing i