The Story of America : Essays on Origins

In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address--to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of p...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton University Press 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politieke communicatie.
Politieke cultuur.
Amerikaans.
Bellettrie.
Cultuur.
Gründung
Erzählung
Politics and government
HISTORY > Essays.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Verenigde Staten.
USA.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > Sources.
United States > History > Sources.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Sources.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address--to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Over the centuries, Americans have read and written their way into a political culture of ink and type. Part civics primer, part cultural history, The Story of America excavates the origins of everything from the paper ballot and the Constitution to the I.O.U. and the dicti.
Physical Description:1 online resource (432 pages).
ISBN:9781400844555

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