Domesticating foreign struggles :: the Italian Risorgimento and antebellum American identity /

"When antebellum Americans talked about the contemporary struggle for Italian unification (the Risorgimento), they were often saying more about themselves than about Italy. In Domesticating Foreign Struggles Paola Gemme examines the American cultural record on the Risorgimento not only to make...

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1. Verfasser: Gemme, Paola, 1966-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2005.
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Zusammenfassung:"When antebellum Americans talked about the contemporary struggle for Italian unification (the Risorgimento), they were often saying more about themselves than about Italy. In Domesticating Foreign Struggles Paola Gemme examines the American cultural record on the Risorgimento not only to make sense of the U.S. engagement with the broader world but also to understand the nation's domestic preoccupations." "Writing in a tradition pioneered by Amy Kaplan, Richard Slotkin, and others, Gemme advances the movement to "internationalize" American studies by situating the United States in its global cultural context."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 204 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
ISBN:9780820343990
0820343994