Pioneering American Studies: Ten Years of the Bulletin, 1956-1966

The Bulletin of the British Association for American Studies (1956-66) provided a valuable platform for many British pioneers in the study of American history, politics and literature, and laid the ground for a more professional and permanent American studies journal when the field had become well established in this country. Here I have both attempted to analyse the Bulletin's content and commented on the professional background and intellectual interest of its contributors, including the very limited number of women whose work appeared in its pages.