Kammen, Michael G

Examines the evolution of taste levels and cultural stratification in the United States over the course of the twentieth century.

Examines the cultural impact of the Constitution on the United States--its place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life.

Presents a documentary history of the American Constitution that includes private correspondence of the founding fathers between 1787 and 1789, selected Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers, the Judiciary Act of 1789, and The Bill of Rights.

Chronicles controversies, that occurred in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, over public appropriateness of pieces of art, discussing Americanism, nudity, morals, modernism, ideological issues, the importance of the 1960s, diversity, inclusion, and other related topics.