JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies最新文献

Jennifer Peedom's Mountain as a City Symphony Jennifer Peedom的山作为城市交响乐

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-26 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i2.100

Benita Lehmann

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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West. By H. W. Brands (New York: Basic Books, 2019), xvi+524pp. 《黄金国之梦:美国西部历史》h·w·布兰兹著(纽约:Basic Books, 2019)， 16 +524页。

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.136

M. Gabriel

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Commemorating Abraham Lincoln and the Transnational Way: Lincoln Monuments in Great Britain. By Liv Birte Buchmann (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2020), 311pp. 纪念亚伯拉罕·林肯和跨国方式:林肯纪念碑在英国。作者:Liv Birte Buchmann(海德堡:Universitätsverlag Winter, 2020)， 311页。

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.151

J. Parker

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Remaking Columbine 重塑耧斗菜

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.43

Johannes Walter Vith

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'The World Called Him a Thug' “全世界都称他为暴徒”

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.23

Barbara Gföllner

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Dissolution of Racial Boundaries 种族界限的消解

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.73

Julia Knaus

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Autobiography: A Very Short Introduction. By Laura Marcus (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), 168pp. 自传:一个很短的介绍。劳拉·马库斯著(牛津:牛津大学出版社，2018)，168页。

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.130

P. Reisner

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Awful Archives: Conspiracy Theory, Rhetoric, and Acts of Evidence. By Jenny Rice (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2020). 226pp. 可怕的档案:阴谋论、修辞和证据行为。珍妮·赖斯著(哥伦布:俄亥俄州立大学出版社，2020年)。226页。

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.133

C. Dickson

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Guest Editors' Editorial 特邀编辑评论

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.47060/jaaas.v2i1.124

Elisabeth Krieber, Christian Stenico, C. Straub, Roberta Hofer

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Gendered Sounds of Revolutionary American Theater 美国革命戏剧的性别之声

JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-30 DOI: 10.47060/JAAAS.V1I2.30

Leopold Lippert

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