Myths America Lives By : White Supremacy and the Stories That Give Us Meaning /

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"In the first edition of Myths America Lives By, Hughes identified the five key myths that lie at the heart of the American experience-the myths of the Chosen Nation, of Nature's Nation, of the Christian Nation, of the Millennial Nation, and of the Innocent Nation. Drawing on a range of di...

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Main Author: Hughes, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1943- (Author)
Other Authors: Asante, Molefi Kete, 1942- (writer of foreword.), Bellah, Robert N. (Robert Neelly), 1927-2013 (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Nationalism.
National characteristics, American.
Myth > Political aspects.
Diplomatic relations > Philosophy.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Mythe > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Nationalisme > États-Unis.
Myth > Political aspects > United States.
Nationalism > United States.
United States.
United States > History > Religious aspects > Christianity.
United States > Foreign relations > Philosophy.
United States > History > Philosophy.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The great American myths and a different American future
  • The myth of the chosen nation : the colonial period
  • The myth of nature's nation : the revolutionary period
  • The myth of the Christian nation : the early national period
  • The myth of the millennial nation : the early national period
  • The mythic dimensions of American capitalism : the gilded age
  • The myth of the innocent nation : the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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