Hoan, shovel, salad bowl, mosaic, hybrid, America or United States, reality or fantasy, civilized place or wild place? What is, after all, this vast geographic space, what are its "real" borders and who belongs to them? Do borders define people or do people define borders?

With these questions in the 714 pages of the first volume, an overall picture of the social-cultural and ideological profile of America is attempted, while at the same time identifying and commenting on the factors that contributed to the formation of its theatrical personality. The book is the first extensive study of American theater in Greek.