The fate of America: an inquiry into national character
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Main Author: Gellert, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. Potomac Books, Inc. ©2002
Edition:1st ed
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Two souls within the human breast -- The revolutionary -- The frontiersman -- Contemporary heroic idealism -- The commercialism of America's heroic ideal -- Heroic mania -- The imitation of heroism -- Heroic tunnel vision -- The escape from heroism -- The metaphor of depth -- The historical roots of American innocence -- Jefferson's bastards -- The land of the overrated child -- The metaphor of the eternally young hero -- The explosion of innocence -- The metaphor of America's darkness -- The implosion of innocence -- The sacrifice of innocence -- America in the third millennium
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 366 pages)
ISBN:1574883569
1574884719
1612342213
9781574883565
9781574884715
9781612342214

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