| Author | Bill Bryson |
| Publisher | Black Swan |
| Cover Art by | David Cook (2) |
| Illustrator | Bruce McCall |
| First Published by | Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. |
| Copyright Holder | Bill Bryson |
| Copyright Holder (Illustrations) | Bruce McCall |
| Copyright Holder (Photos) | Carlton TV |
| Printed and Bound by | Clays Ltd, St Ives plc |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London, UK |
| Republished | 1998 |
| Copyright | 1994 |
| Republished | 1995 |
| Pages / Font | 478 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0 552 99805 2 |
| Barcode | 9 780552 998055 |
| Chapters | List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Mayflower and Before
2 Becoming Americans
3 A 'Democratic Phrenzy': America in the Age of Revolution
4 Making a Nation
5 By the Dawn's Early Light: The Age of Invention
6 We're in the Money: The Age of Invention
7 Names
8 'Manifest Destiny': Taming the West
9 The Melting-Pot: Immigration in America
10 When the Going was Good: Travel in America
11 What's Cooking?: Eating in America
12 Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America
13 Domestic Matters
14 The Hard Sell: Advertising in america
15 The Movies
16 The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play
17 Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War
18 Sex and Other Distractions
19 The Road from Kitty Hawk
20 Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond
21 American English Today
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Mayflower and Before
2 Becoming Americans
3 A 'Democratic Phrenzy': America in the Age of Revolution
4 Making a Nation
5 By the Dawn's Early Light: The Age of Invention
6 We're in the Money: The Age of Invention
7 Names
8 'Manifest Destiny': Taming the West
9 The Melting-Pot: Immigration in America
10 When the Going was Good: Travel in America
11 What's Cooking?: Eating in America
12 Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America
13 Domestic Matters
14 The Hard Sell: Advertising in america
15 The Movies
16 The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play
17 Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War
18 Sex and Other Distractions
19 The Road from Kitty Hawk
20 Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond
21 American English Today
Notes
Select Bibliography
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| Notes | Originally published in Great Britain by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. Printing History Secker & Warburg edition published in 1994 Minerva edition published in 1995 Black Swan published in 1998 Copyright © Bil Bryson 1994. Illustrations copyright © by Bruce McCall. |
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