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American Exceptionalism
Engelsk Hardback

American Exceptionalism

Engelsk Hardback

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The idea that America is exceptional, whether because of its founding creed, natural abundance, or Protestant origins, has been the subject of fierce debate going back to the founding. Rather than argue for one side or the other, Volker Depkat explores the diverse ways in which Americans have described their country as exceptional. Describing how narratives of exceptionalism have never been a purely American affair, Depkat shows how, for example, European, African, and Asian immigrants projected their own dreams and nightmares onto the American screen, contributing to the intellectual construction of America. In fact, the different groups living in America have described American exceptionalism in such differing terms that there hardly ever was a shared understanding as to what these exceptional experiences were and how to interpret them. What has unified the disparate exceptionalist narratives, Depkat explains, is their insistence on America''s universalist and future-oriented way of life. In engaging and lucid prose, Depkat offers general readers and students of American history an invaluable lens through which they can evaluate for themselves the merits of the many ways in which Americans have understood their country as exceptional.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
304
ISBN-13:
9781538101186
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1538101181
Udg. Dato:
20 okt 2021
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
235mm
Højde:
159mm
Forlag:
Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato:
20 okt 2021
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