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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Madsen, Deborah L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.
Series:BAAS paperbacks.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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