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"In a Brilliantly conceived and elegantly written book, Rogan Kersh investigates the idea of national union in the United States. For much of the period between the colonial era and the late nineteenth century, he shows, "union" was the principal rhetorical means by which Americans ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kersh, Rogan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
USA > Government
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1700-1899
Nationalism > United States > History > 18th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Nationalism.
Politics and government
Nationalbewusstsein
Unionisme.
Federalisme.
Nationale identiteit.
United States > Politics and government > 18th century.
United States > Politics and government > 19th century.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
United States.
USA.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The rhetorical genesis of American political union
  • A theory of political union emerges, 1780s-1820s
  • National unity and nation-building, 1820s-1850s
  • Conceiving a more moral union, 1850s-1865
  • The terms of reunion
  • The ends of union, 1877-1898.

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