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Author McHugh, Jess, author.

Title Americanon : an unexpected U.S. history in thirteen bestselling books / Jess McHugh.

Publication Info. [New York] : Dutton, [2021]

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Description x, 419 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-403) and index.
Contents The old farmer's almanac (1792-) -- Webster's speller and dictionary (1783/1828) -- Benjamin Franklin's autobiography (1793) -- The McGuffey readers (1836-1837) -- A handbook to American womanhood -- Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home (19220 -- How to win friends and influence people (1936) -- Betty Crocker's picture cook book (1950) -- Everything you always wanted to know about sex* (*but were afraid to ask) (1969) -- Surviving the Eighties -- Epilogue.
Summary "What does it take to be a good American? And who gets to decide? Journalist Jess McHugh examines thirteen seemingly innocuous, mega-bestselling reference books, guidebooks, and self-help books that have become blueprints for core American values and shaped our national story"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject National characteristics, American.
Books and reading -- United States -- History.
Social values -- United States -- Miscellanea.
United States -- Social life and customs -- Miscellanea.
HISTORY / United States / General.
Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00836454
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
Social values. (OCoLC)fst01123424
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Trivia and miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01921748
Trivia and miscellanea.
Added Title Unexpected US history in thirteen bestselling books
American canon
Other Form: Online version: McHugh, Jess, Americanon New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] 9781524746650 (DLC) 2020055757
ISBN 9781524746636 (hardcover)
1524746630 (hardcover)
9781524746650 electronic book
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