| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 186 pages) |
| Series |
BAAS paperbacks |
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BAAS paperbacks.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-180) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
National characteristics, American.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Civilization
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Ethnic relations
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National characteristics, American
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139934
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
99487863 |
| ISBN |
0585123454 |
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9780585123455 |
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