Creating an American identity
Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American i...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230612914 |
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Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity. "In this excellent book, Stephanie Kermes makes a signal contribution to cultural history and regional history. She draws on a transatlantic research base, and she offers a host of original insights on the creation of identity in the early national era. All scholars of New England and the early Republic should read this book." - Joan E. Cashin, editor of Our Common Affairs: Texts from Women in the Old South. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
Carrier Form: | 304 p. |
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9780230605268 9780230612914 : 0230612911 : |
CLC: | K712.9 |
Contents: | New-Englandizing America * A Prussian Monarch, an American Hero: Early Republican Royalism and Parallels between the Cult of Frederick the Great and Celebrations of the First American President * Failed Republicans: Images of the British and the French * Hero of Liberty: New England Celebrations of General Lafayette during his Visit in 1824-1825 * Separation for the Nation: The Movement for Maine's Statehood * God's People: The Creation of a Protestant Nation. |