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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 16.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Welcome to the first edition of the Edinburgh University Press American Studies Newsletter. Read on for new and forthcoming titles, book reviews, events and discount offers.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>________________________________________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK7" hideFocus tabIndex=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'> <p align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>55th Annual Conference of The British Association of American Studies, 8-11th April</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 16.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>As one of the largest events in the American Studies calendar, BAAS is hosted this year by the University of East Anglia and welcomes speakers from around the world to discuss the most relevant topics in the field. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Find out more <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103269381224&amp;s=3088&amp;e=00139clURdJR1jbfdvaP9-iMfOzwu5Y9IPJ0hsDQbx47-YO3HOrKDd4x6eu4twoL9waR6FcF9T08WGJFyPXNtV7HdYiW_zHJWMA4SoLXMaTngTuKFdwL5QkfTERK-CHO0CYUjuqt6hHiwlskvts3zBKXQ==" target="_blank" shape=rect moz-do-not-send=true track=on linktype=link><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>here.</span></a>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 16.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Edinburgh University Press will be sponsoring a drinks reception at the event as we launch the final two titles in our well reviewed Twentieth-Century American Culture series, <i>American Culture in the 1990s</i> and <i>American Culture in the 1910s</i>. The series editor and author Martin Halliwell will be available to discuss the works and we hope to see you there.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103269381224&amp;s=3088&amp;e=00139clURdJR1jhlBNJC78yREZtZMfOuZexcKbiOjTfh1m1gB-auV8RpbdKZrxYnmVFJq-9lHLSxAI-Jr4NGPIlzdSK_DWPLd718Mb0a567N5j5aUxAVHnMOQKn5nleFIghI1MaFDH7LBXjrJBlJyuAfw==" target="_blank" shape=rect moz-do-not-send=true track=on linktype=link><b>Click here</b></a> for a full list of American Studies books.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>_________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK8" hideFocus tabIndex=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span><strong><span style='font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>The European Association of American Studies</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight: normal'>The biennial conference took place from the 26<sup>th</sup>-28<sup>th</sup> of March under the title '&quot;Forever Young&quot;? The Changing Images of America'. The focus of the conference was to debate perceptions of America both in the eyes of ordinary Americans and to the rest of the world. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:16.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-weight: normal'>To find out more or to view details of the next conference <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103269381224&amp;s=3088&amp;e=00139clURdJR1hvUGwsmrA6u9rIf70aWRl1BiiPXeIGC3CBHilQ-kbcvT1YmSl2Bzp8_4sYZi-nfzmCuut460Kf7rCG4guiiR6WaFLT0L_MAhPP-bBDsGalg508uRf6DqG4R7kWmH36mDsbFkGfx7ugwsH7wG31t0SwI6q1vLK98qM8KX8K4HxCBQF5N56zV7ej" target="_blank" shape=rect moz-do-not-send=true track=on linktype=link><b>click here.</b></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK9" hideFocus tabIndex=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:3.6pt;text-align: center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;Twentieth-Century American Culture</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=83 height=125 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs014/1102494452880/img/52.png" alt="Paragraph cover" contentEditable=false name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.52 moz-do-not-send=true>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img border=0 width=83 height=125 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs014/1102494452880/img/53.png" alt="Paragraph cover" contentEditable=false name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.53 moz-do-not-send=true></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-left:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Two&nbsp;new editions&nbsp;of this acclaimed series have been published, <i>American Culture in the 1990s</i> by Colin Harrison and <i>American Culture in the 1910s</i> by Mark Whalan. Edited by Professor Martin Halliwell&nbsp;and well received by academics and students alike,&nbsp;the series explores the cultural revolutions and historical impact of each decade of the Twentieth-Century on American life.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p align=center style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:16.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Find out more about the series or to order <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103269381224&amp;s=3088&amp;e=00139clURdJR1hp4oKFXa3YAM6cTncQHL5Hdqm0Izc6pv-tJrZuY4-204IE9A5IZafGyVhYwRJ4KYkMK3RYLRohIoXr6YtBRZW3b8agOg_YOmL6DKxWpHqaJABDWS83L16xX4ZGh4qF090=" target="_blank" shape=rect moz-do-not-send=true track=on linktype=link><b>click here</b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK10" hideFocus tabIndex=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 22.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><span align=left>Dictionary of American Government and Politics - January 2010</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 22.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by Duncan Watts</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; 978 0 7486 3501 6 (hb)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 22.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </span> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103269381224&amp;s=3088&amp;e=00139clURdJR1gZAN9vUCKZsuK09ZA8-Ktf9teLaHUmhcLlEH41MXyValu_NllhHo2eIC5zxi9UkLkRQYmGSLcfJnNf757vBfO2FVP9VN9YNGwTFkFescymqz0ZXY7UAKZocL-fEALRHVwCli8Kkup3iQ==" target="_blank" shape=rect moz-do-not-send=true track=on><span style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=109 height=150 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs014/1102494452880/img/70.png" alt="Dictionary of American Government and Politics" contentEditable=false name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.70 moz-do-not-send=true></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif"; 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font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Contemporary American Fiction - FORTHCOMING, April 2010</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 22.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by David Brauner</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'>978 0 7486 2268 9 (pb)</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; 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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>&nbsp;</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'><span align=left>Fe</span></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>US Government and Politics, 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition - FORTHCOMING, April 2010</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left: 16.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>by William Storey &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></i></b><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>978 0 7486 3880 2</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; 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