What I Saw in America

What I Saw in AmericaWhat I Saw in America is an eloquent record of the polymath G. K. Chestertons experiences on a lecture tour of the US in 1921. This is a persuasive, revealing and essential work that overflows with wry humour, sympathy and intelligence playing devilishly against an irrepressible mischievousness.

with an Introduction to its printing history

it locates the Pace saga in the vibrant world of 1920s press reporting and illuminates a forgotten chapter in the history of civil liberties by considering the debates the case raised about police powers and the legal system

building up to a dramatic ending full of the intensely poetic symbolism characteristic of Lorca

Nettlau shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject

this collection of essays combines newly commissioned scholarly work with examples of writing by refugees

Examines large-scale architectural schemes and monuments

Presenting new art reviews

It also includes examples and case studies

Politics personified shows how visual images projected a favourable public image of politics and politicians

Through a detailed examination of the party’s post-war development

Hal Hartley

An original collection of recent interviews with filmmakers whose works represent the trends in the film industries of their respective countries