NOTES
- Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality. (Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books-Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1967), pp. 14–15.
- See American Quarterly, especially articles by Robert Sklar, “American Studies and the Realities of America,” in the summer supplement, 1970, and “The Problem of an American Studies ‘Philosophy’: A Bibliography of New Directions,” August, 1975 issue.
- James W. Carey, “The Problem of Journalism History” Spring, 1974; and articles by Garth Jowett, Richard A. Schwarzlose, John E. Erickson, Marion Marzolf and David H. Weaver in the special issue, “Seeking New Paths in Research,” Summer 1975; Cathy Covert, “Some Thoughts on Research,” Spring, 1974.
- Sklar, “The Problem of an American Studies ‘Philosophy’,” pp. 257–8
- Ibid.
- Carey's article in the first issue of Journalism History was followed by a conference on “operationalizing Carey” and publication of contributions from that conference. Those who have responded to his challenge have, in the main, accepted his premise on the concept of culture.
- Cecil F. Tate, The Search for a Method in American Studies. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1973), pp. 136–142.
- Ibid, p. 26.
- Ronald J. Grele deals with the relationship of language and oral testimony to interdisciplinary study in a stimulating essay, “A Surmisable Variety: Interdisciplinary and Oral Testimony,” in the August, 1975 AQ. For an excellent discussion of the potential impact of linguistics on historical study, he cites Nancy S. Struever's “The Study of Language and the Study of History” in the Winter, 1974 Journal of Interdisciplinary History.
- “Quantitative American Studies: The State of the Art” in August, 1974 AQ.
- See Sklar's article for examination of popular culture in relation to non-elites and for a critique of the nomenclature in this field.