Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States Tapa blanda - 2001

Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.Buy this book at once and have a nice day!

Detalles

• Título Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
• Autor Bill Bryson
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición Reprint
• Páginas 480
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial William Morrow & Company, Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
• Fecha de publicación 2001-10-23
• ISBN 9780380713813 / 0380713810
• Peso 0.8 libras (0.36 kg)
• Dimensiones 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.2 pulgadas (20.07 x 13.21 x 3.05 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects English language - United States - History, Americanisms - History
• Dewey Decimal Code 420.973