American exceptionalism /

This historical account outlines how Americans' spiritual and moral commitment to the notion of exceptionalism has affected the evolution of the United States as an ideological and geographical entity from 1620 to the present day.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madsen, Deborah L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.
Colección:BAAS paperbacks.
Temas:
National characteristics, American.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Civilization
Ethnic relations
National characteristics, American
United States > Civilization.
United States > Ethnic relations.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Origins: Exceptionalism and American cultural identity; 2. Dispossession: native American responses to the ideology of exceptionalism; 3. Exceptionalism in the nineteenth century; 4. Annexation: Chicano responses to the ideology of exceptionalism; 5. Westerns and Westward expansion; 6. Contemporary interpretations of exceptionalism; Appendix: el plan espiritual de Aztlan.

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