T J Jackson Lears
Biographic Data
| ID | 554767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T J Jackson Lears |
| GIVEN NAMES | T J Jackson |
| FAMILY NAME | Lears |
| SIGNATURE | LEARS T J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smithsonian Institution |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920
Something for Nothing: Luck in America
The Masterless: Self & Society in Modern America
The Masterless: Self & Society in Modern America. By Wilfred M. McClay. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. xiv, 366 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-8078-2117-9. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-8078-4419-5.) Get access T. J. Jackson Lears T. J. Jackson Lears Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Page…
No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920
"No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880–1920." History: Reviews of New Books, 24(1), p. 9
Fables of abundance: A cultural history of advertising in America
American advertisements have become perhaps the most pervasive social icons in the modern world. This book traces their rise against a richly varied backdrop. Its range encompasses literature, religion, and the visual arts, as well as economics, public policy, and the history of medicine. Its cast of characters includes a host of remarkable figures in or around advertising, from P. T. Barnum and Theodore Dreiser to John B. Watson and Joseph Corne…
The Power of Culture: Critical Essays in American History
Journal Article The Power of Culture: Critical Essays in American History. Ed. by Richard Wightman Fox and T. J. Jackson Lears. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. vi, 292 pp. Cloth, $42.00, ISBN 0-226-25954-4. Paper, $13.95, ISBN 0-226-25955-2.) Get access Gary Gerstle Gary Gerstle Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
The Power of Cultural History
IN THE POWER OF CULTURE: CRITICAL ESSAYS IN AMERICAN HIsToRY, RICHARD Wightman Fox and T. J. Jackson Lears discuss the development of U.S. cultural history during the last decade. They are well suited to the task. Separately and together, they have made important contributions to this varied and increasingly popular field. Their 1983 collection, The Culture of Consumption, contended that, between 1880 and 1980, American politics, society, and pow…
Making Fun of Popular Culture
Reply to Jeffrey Decker
theory. No doubt my dismissal of antisubjectivist tendencies in poststructuralist thought was inadequately informed. Now I am persuaded, by Decker and others, that cultural historians risk a crippling ethnocentrism unless they acknowledge problematicity of unified, originating human subject. But acknowledging problematicity is not same thing as proclaiming the death of author. effect of much poststructuralist thought, if not its intention, is to …
The Morality of Spending: Attitudes toward the Consumer Society in America, 1875-1940
Journal Article The Morality of Spending: Attitudes toward the Consumer Society in America, 1875–1940. By Daniel Horowitz. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. xxxiii + 254 pp. Illustration, tables, appendixes, notes, suggested readings, and index. $26.50.) Get access T. J. Jackson Lears T. J. Jackson Lears Smithsonian Institution Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Vo…
The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities
The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities
The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities Get access T. J. Jackson Lears T. J. Jackson Lears Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 90, Issue 3, June 1985, Pages 567–593, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/90.3.567 Published: 01 June 1985
Being Prepared
The Triumph of the Therapeutic
The Culture of consumption: Critical essays in American history, 1880-1980
No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920
No Place of Grace: Anti-Modernism and the Transformation of American Culture 1880-1920
Journal Article No Place of Grace: Anti-modernism and the Transformation of American Culture 1880–1920, by T. J. Jackson Lears. New York: Pantheon Books, 1981, xx + 375 pp. $18.50 Get access Vytautas Kavolis Vytautas Kavolis Dickinson College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 43, Issue 2, Summer 1982, Pages 181–182, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710802 Published: 01 July 1982
Fables of abundance: A cultural history of advertising in America
American advertisements have become perhaps the most pervasive social icons in the modern world. This book traces their rise against a richly varied backdrop. Its range encompasses literature, religion, and the visual arts, as well as economics, public policy, and the history of medicine. Its cast of characters includes a host of remarkable figures in or around advertising, from P. T. Barnum and Theodore Dreiser to John B. Watson and Joseph Corne…
No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920
"No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880–1920." History: Reviews of New Books, 24(1), p. 9
No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920
No Place of Grace: Anti-Modernism and the Transformation of American Culture 1880-1920
Journal Article No Place of Grace: Anti-modernism and the Transformation of American Culture 1880–1920, by T. J. Jackson Lears. New York: Pantheon Books, 1981, xx + 375 pp. $18.50 Get access Vytautas Kavolis Vytautas Kavolis Dickinson College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 43, Issue 2, Summer 1982, Pages 181–182, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710802 Published: 01 July 1982
The Culture of consumption: Critical essays in American history, 1880-1980
Being Prepared
The Triumph of the Therapeutic
The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities
The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities
The Concept of Cultural Hegemony: Problems and Possibilities Get access T. J. Jackson Lears T. J. Jackson Lears Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 90, Issue 3, June 1985, Pages 567–593, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/90.3.567 Published: 01 June 1985
The Morality of Spending: Attitudes toward the Consumer Society in America, 1875-1940
Journal Article The Morality of Spending: Attitudes toward the Consumer Society in America, 1875–1940. By Daniel Horowitz. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. xxxiii + 254 pp. Illustration, tables, appendixes, notes, suggested readings, and index. $26.50.) Get access T. J. Jackson Lears T. J. Jackson Lears Smithsonian Institution Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Vo…
Making Fun of Popular Culture
Reply to Jeffrey Decker
theory. No doubt my dismissal of antisubjectivist tendencies in poststructuralist thought was inadequately informed. Now I am persuaded, by Decker and others, that cultural historians risk a crippling ethnocentrism unless they acknowledge problematicity of unified, originating human subject. But acknowledging problematicity is not same thing as proclaiming the death of author. effect of much poststructuralist thought, if not its intention, is to …
Fables of abundance: A cultural history of advertising in America
American advertisements have become perhaps the most pervasive social icons in the modern world. This book traces their rise against a richly varied backdrop. Its range encompasses literature, religion, and the visual arts, as well as economics, public policy, and the history of medicine. Its cast of characters includes a host of remarkable figures in or around advertising, from P. T. Barnum and Theodore Dreiser to John B. Watson and Joseph Corne…
The Power of Culture: Critical Essays in American History
Journal Article The Power of Culture: Critical Essays in American History. Ed. by Richard Wightman Fox and T. J. Jackson Lears. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. vi, 292 pp. Cloth, $42.00, ISBN 0-226-25954-4. Paper, $13.95, ISBN 0-226-25955-2.) Get access Gary Gerstle Gary Gerstle Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume…
The Power of Cultural History
IN THE POWER OF CULTURE: CRITICAL ESSAYS IN AMERICAN HIsToRY, RICHARD Wightman Fox and T. J. Jackson Lears discuss the development of U.S. cultural history during the last decade. They are well suited to the task. Separately and together, they have made important contributions to this varied and increasingly popular field. Their 1983 collection, The Culture of Consumption, contended that, between 1880 and 1980, American politics, society, and pow…
The Masterless: Self & Society in Modern America
The Masterless: Self & Society in Modern America. By Wilfred M. McClay. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994. xiv, 366 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-8078-2117-9. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-8078-4419-5.) Get access T. J. Jackson Lears T. J. Jackson Lears Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 1995, Page…
No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920
"No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880–1920." History: Reviews of New Books, 24(1), p. 9
Something for Nothing: Luck in America
No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920
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