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Here is a list of on-line
publications which carry articles on the civilization of English-speaking
countries, either exclusively or partially.
American
Studies Journals: the
American Studies Association, in cooperation with the Andrew F.
Mellon Foundation, publishes online a directory of links to American
Studies publications all over the world.
According to their
home page, this website provides scholars with a one-stop shop
for the latest research published in American Studies journals
throughout the world. The site is the result of a collaboration
between 31 journal editors in 17 countries.
1) 49th
Parallel
This online interdisciplinary journal
of North American Studies is published by the Department of American
and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham (Great Britain).
There are occasionally special issues like issue #6 on "Race
and Ethnicity" in 2000.
2) American
Quarterly (Journal
of the American Studies Association)
The online version of this review is
available free to members of the ASA. It is not yet possible to
obtain an online subscription if you are not a member but, theoretically,
this may be available in the future. The articles deal exclusively
with American Studies in all its forms, except literature. Special
issues deal with particularly controversial topics: for example,
"Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Cultures" in September
2004 and "Technology and American Culture" in September
2006.
3) Anglow (University
of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
This review of issues in the news in the English-speaking world
is written and edited by post-graduate students, with the help
of their teachers and is most useful for other students and for
secondary-school teachers. The current layout is a lead interview
followed by a series of articles, for the most part short syntheses
of already-published newspaper articles..
4) Cercles
Cercles calls itself a "multidisciplinary review of
the English-speaking world" and publishes articles on both
literature and civilization, although some issues seem to be much
heavier on literature. Although occasional issues are devoted
to pop culture (for example: issue #3 on British and American
pop music or issue #8 on "Gender, Race and Class in American
TV") the articles seem to be written for specialists rather
than for enlightened amateurs who would like to learn more about
a subject and some are particularly abstruse and impenetrable
to the non-specialist (issue #9 on lingustics is a good example).
Few, if any, articles venture beyond the frontiers of Great Britain
and the United States, with the exception of issue #5 on American
foreign policy, although the review may evolve further in the
future.
5) European
Journal of American Studies (European
Association for American Studies)
6) LISA
(University of Caen)
LISA has been published since 2003 at the University of
Caen in Normandy. Written in French, it covers the literatures,
history of ideas, societies and images of the English-speaking
world
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7) Sources
(University of Orléans Editions Paradigme)
This review offers articles on both literature and civilization,
occasionally articles dealing with the subjects of the national
competitive exams (CAPES and Agrégation), although the
latter do not appear on a regular basis.
8) TransatlanticA
(online review of the Association française d'études
américaines)
So far, this review is coming online at the rate of
one issue a year, with articles ranging widely over the field
of American Studies, from history to literature and all points
in between. Most of the articles
are easily accessible to non-specialists, although some more than
others. 
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