At the Center: American Thought and Culture in the Mid-Twentieth Century

by Casey Nelson Blake and Daniel H. Borus

Book Overview

At a time when American political and cultural leaders asserted that the nation stood at "the center of world awareness," thinkers and artists sought to understand and secure principles that lay at the center of things. From the onset of the Cold War in 1948 through 1963, they asked: What defined the essential character of "American culture"? Could permanent moral standards guide human conduct amid the flux and horrors of history? In what ways did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538158434
• ISBN13: 9781538158432
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"