BAAS PAMPHLETS IN AMERICAN STUDIES
I have recently taken over as editor of the British Association for
American Studies Pamphlets series. There are currently 26 volumes in
print, each about 50 pages long, packed with information & analysis.
They make a useful addition to appropriate reading lists. Arts, humanities &
social sciences all feature in the list:
SLAVERY Peter Parish
PROGRESSIVISM J.A. Thompson
THE PRESIDENT & THE SUPREME COURT: NEW DEAL TO WATERGATE John D. Lees
THE METROPOLITAN MOSAIC: PROBLEMS OF THE CONTEMPORARY CITY Philip Davies
A SADLY CONTRACTED HERO: THE COMIC SELF IN POST-WAR AMERICAN FICTION
Stan Smith
THE AMERICAN DREAM Robert H Fossum & John K Roth
THE WELFARE STATE IN AMERICA 1930-1980 James T Patterson
MODERN INDIANS: NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE 20TH CENTURY David Murray
THE EXPATRIATE TRADITION IN AMERICAN LITERATURE Malcolm Bradbury
THE IMMIGRANT TRADITION IN AMERICAN LITERATURE Edward A. Abramson
BLACK FICTION SINCE RICHARD WRIGHT A. Robert Lee
AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY Mick Gidley
THE PEOPLE'S AMERICAN REVOLUTION Edward Countryman
EMILY DICKINSON AS AN AMERICAN PROVINCIAL POET Michael Allen
BRITISH AMERICA 1607-1763 W.A. Speck
HOLLYWOOD Brian Lee
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE David Timms
THE USA & THE COLD WAR 1941-53 Richard Crockett
ORGANIZED CRIME USA: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES FROM PROHIBITION TO THE PRESENT DAY
Michael Woodiwiss
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 1820-1920 S.J. Kleinberg
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR & THE CIVIL RIGHTE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA John White
VIETNAM: AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT AT HOME & ABROAD John Dumbrell
HARD-BOILED DETECTIVE FICTION Ralph Willett
RADICAL THEATRE IN THE SIXTIES & SEVENTIES Richard Walsh
LANGUAGE POETRY & THE AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE Geoff Ward
IN NATURE'S DEFENCE: CONSERVATION & AMERICANS Peter Coates
This BAAS series of publications will shortly be re-launched in a new
format - the main change anticipated will be a shift to approx 100 page
length.
I would appreciate your suggestions for suitable topics that you would
like to see published and available for your own teaching, and/or
proposals that you would like to write & for which you feel there is a
market.
Please contact me with suggestions.
Meanwhile, if you are interested in publications from the current list,
distribution is handled by Keele University Press, Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG,
England. A fax to 0782 584120, for the attention of Richard Clark or
Lucia Crothall will receive rapid attention. Price: 3.95 pounds each,
except numbers 23 & 26, at 4.95, plus a mailing charge.
Philip Davies
De Montfort University Leicester UK
pjd@dmu.ac.uk