Ebook: Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition, 2001. — 1310 p. — ISBN-10: 0380713810, ISBN-13: 978-0380713813Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."Аудио: /file/1321829/ /file/1321833/ /file/1321836/ /file/1321839/ /file/1321841/ /file/1321845/Contents
Dedication
Introduction
The Mayflower and Before
Becoming Americans
A Democratical Phrenzy: America in the
Age of Revolution
Making a Nation
By the Dawn’s Early Light: Forging a
National Identity
We’re in the Money: The Age of Invention
Names
Manifest Destiny: Taming the West
The Melting Pot: Immigration in America
When the Going Was Good: Travel in America
What’s Cooking?: Eating in America
Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America
Manners and Other Matters
The Hard Sell: Advertising in America
The Movies
The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play
Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War
Sex and Other Distractions
From Kitty Hawk to the Jumbo Jet
Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond
American English Today
Select Bibliography
Notes on Sources
Index
About the Author
Praise for Made in America
Books by Bill Bryson
Copyright
About the Publisher