Born in the U.S.A. : Bruce Springsteen and the American tradition /
Jim Cullen ; foreword by Daniel Cavicchi.
- 2005 ed.
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2005.
- xxii, 262 p. 21 cm.
- Music/culture .
Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. 228-239), and index.
A big country -- The good conservative : on the trail of Springsteen and Reagan -- Republican character : Springsteen and the American artistic tradition -- Visions of kings : Springsteen and the American dream -- Borne in the U.S.A. : Springsteen and the burden of Vietnam -- The good life : Springsteen's play ethic -- Model man : Springsteen's masculinity -- Inherited imagination : Springsteen and American Catholicism -- Conclusion -- Better angels -- Afterword to the 2005 edition : The congregation of Father Bruce -- Sources and notes -- Select discography -- A Springsteen chronology.