The fate of America : an inquiry into national character /

The Fate of America examines the national character of the United States against the backdrop of its history, popular culture, and media. Michael Gellert suggests that the deterioration of America's "heroic ideal," the heart of its national character, is responsible for the country�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gellert, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., ©2002.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
National characteristics, American.
Heroes > Mythology > United States.
Idealism > Social aspects > United States.
Comparative civilization.
Idéalisme > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Civilisation comparée.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Civilization.
Heroes > Mythology.
Idealism > Social aspects.
Nationalcharakter
United States > Civilization.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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