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American Exceptionalism

By Deborah L. Madsen

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780585123455
DOI
10.1515/9780585123455
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28339826 bytes)
Pages
192\196
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 01:57:09

Description

American Exceptionalism provides an accessible yet comprehensive historical account of one of the most important concepts underlying modern theories of American cultural identity. Deborah Madsen charts the contribution of exceptionalism to the evolution of the United States as an ideological and geographical entity from 1620 to the present day. She explains how this sense of spiritual and political destiny has shaped American culture and how it has promoted exciting counter arguments from Native American and Chicano perspectives and in the contemporary writings of authors such as Thomas Pynchon and Toni Morrison.

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