Beat Generation Writers. The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century - Michael Denning. Professor R. J. (Dick) Ellis - Department of American and Canadian Studies. AboutOpen all sections I am Professor of American Studies here at Birmingham and I am always happy to hear from fellow enthusiasts for the Beats, for Beat writing and for African American writing. My interests, however, also range more widely, and this is reflected in my list of recent publications. Qualifications Biography Dick Ellis did his first degree and PhD at Exeter University, and has taught at Exeter University, Staffordshire University, University of Wisconsin, Leicester University and Nottingham Trent University. He is also the Research Coordinator for American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham and an Editorial Advisor and Commissioning Editor [American Texts] for Trent Editions.
Dick Ellis was the Curator of the Jack Kerouac - Back On the Road exhibition at the University of Birmingham’s Barber Institute, featuring the famous 1951 original manuscript ‘scroll’ of Kerouac's 'On the Road' (displayed in Britain for the first time). Teaching Postgraduate supervision R. American History - Decade 1940 - 1949. REF E169.12 .A419 American Decades 1940-1949 Business, government, education, arts, science and sports . REF E178.5.A48 Album of American History Vol V and VI This is a great book to give the reader the real flavor of the decade because it is made up of photographs, captions, and brief entries. REF E174.D62 Dictionary of American History From very brief to multi-page signed entries on topics in American history. REF E740.7 .E53 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century Articles evaluating the trends in American politics, people, economics, culture. REF E169.1 A471872 America in the 20th Century 1940-1949 is covered in volume 5.
REF E173.A793 The Annals of America Use volume 16. As Adolf Hitler systematically eliminated artists whose ideals didn't agree with his own, many emigrated to the United States, where they had a profound effect on American artists. In architecture, nonessentials were eliminated, and simplicity became the key element.
Post-war trends Several volumes. Countering the Counterculture: Rereading Postwar American Dissent from Jack ... - Manuel Luis Martinez. Counterculture of the 1960s. The counterculture of the 1960s refers to an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United States and United Kingdom and spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the early 1970s. The movement gained momentum as the African-American Civil Rights Movement continued to grow, and became revolutionary with the expansion of the US government's extensive military intervention in Vietnam.[1][2][3] Several factors distinguished the counterculture of the 1960s from the authority-opposition movements of previous eras.
In the broadest sense, 1960s counterculture grew from a confluence of events, issues, circumstances, and technological developments which served as intellectual and social catalysts for exceptionally rapid change during the era. Background[edit] Post-war geopolitics[edit] Sociological issues & calls to action[edit] Many sociological issues fueled the growth of the larger counterculture movement. Emergent media[edit] Naked angels: the lives & literature of the Beat generation - John Tytell. Beat movement (American literary and social movement) -- Encyclopedia Britannica.