Made in America
Subtitle: an informal history of the English language in the United States
By: Bill Bryson.
Edition: 1st Avon Books trade printing.
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: English language -- United States -- History; Americanisms -- History
Notes: Gift of Dr. Joan Rahn.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-394) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: xi; label: 1
title: The Mayflower and Before
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Becoming Americans
pagenum: 13; label: 3
title: A "Democratical Phrenzy": America in the Age of Revolution
pagenum: 30; label: 4
title: Making a Nation
pagenum: 48; label: 5
title: By the Dawn's Early Light: Forging a National Identity
pagenum: 64; label: 6
title: We're in the Money: The Age of Invention
pagenum: 82; label: 7
title: Names
pagenum: 100; label: 8
title: "Manifest Destiny": Taming the West
pagenum: 119; label: 9
title: The Melting Pot: Immigration in America
pagenum: 134; label: 10
title: When the Going Was Good: Travel in America
pagenum: 156; label: 11
title: What's Cooking?: Eating in America
pagenum: 180; label: 12
title: Democratizing Luxury: Shopping in America
pagenum: 206; label: 13
title: Manners and Other Matters
pagenum: 219; label: 14
title: The Hard Sell: Advertising in America
pagenum: 235; label: 15
title: The Movies
pagenum: 248; label: 16
title: The Pursuit of Pleasure: Sport and Play
pagenum: 263; label: 17
title: Of Bombs and Bunkum: Politics and War
pagenum: 287; label: 18
title: Sex and Other Distractions
pagenum: 304; label: 19
title: From Kitty Hawk to the Jumbo Jet
pagenum: 324; label: 20
title: Welcome to the Space Age: The 1950s and Beyond
pagenum: 334; label: 21
title: American English Today
pagenum: 352; title: Notes on Sources
pagenum: 365; title: Select Bibliography
pagenum: 385; title: Index
pagenum: 395