Cantor celebrates the sophistication and brilliance of shows, and he shows how pop culture is influencing not only American audiences, but the entire world.

An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island that addresses key questions about American social life in the 1960s. Gilligan’s Island, created b

"Cantor demonstrates how, during the 1960s, Gilligan's Island and Star Trek reflected America's faith in liberal democracy and our willingness to project it uni

Published in 1719, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of those extraordinary literary works whose importance lies not only in the text itself but in its persisten

The American Era makes a provocative argument about America's world role. It sets out the case for a grand strategy that recognizes American preponderance as ne