American Exceptionalism:

American Exceptionalism provides an accessible yet comprehensive historical account of one of the most important concepts underlying modern theories of American cultural identity. Deborah Madsen charts the contribution of exceptionalism to the evolution of the United States as an ideological and geo...

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Main Author: Madsen, Deborah L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:BAAS Paperbacks : BAAS
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Summary:American Exceptionalism provides an accessible yet comprehensive historical account of one of the most important concepts underlying modern theories of American cultural identity. Deborah Madsen charts the contribution of exceptionalism to the evolution of the United States as an ideological and geographical entity from 1620 to the present day. She explains how this sense of spiritual and political destiny has shaped American culture and how it has promoted exciting counter arguments from Native American and Chicano perspectives and in the contemporary writings of authors such as Thomas Pynchon and Toni Morrison
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (192 pages)
ISBN:9780585123455
DOI:10.1515/9780585123455

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