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Creating an American Identity: New England, 1789–1825

Creating an American Identity: New England, 1789–1825


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Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity.

Table of Contents:
New-Englandizing America A Prussian Monarch, an American Hero: Early Republican Royalism and Parallels between the Cult of Frederick the Great and Celebrations of the First American President Failed Republicans: Images of the British and the French Hero of Liberty: New England Celebrations of General Lafayette during his Visit in 1824-1825 Separation for the Nation: The Movement for Maine's Statehood God's People: The Creation of a Protestant Nation

About the Author :
STEPHANIE KERMES is an Assistant Professor of Social Science at Boston University, USA.

Review :
"In this excellent book, Stephanie Kermes makes a signal contribution to cultural history and regional history.She draws on a transatlantic research base, and she offers a host of original insights on the creation of identity in the early national era.All scholars of New England and the early Republic should read this book." - Joan E. Cashin, editor of Our Common Affairs: Texts from Women in the Old South"Taken together, these forays into regional consciousness-building add valuable insights into the often schizophrenic development of "American" identity ebfore the Age of Jackson." - Len Travers, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, American Historical Review"Kernes's book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between nationa, regional, and local identities in early national America." - Paul E. Teed, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780230605268
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 291
  • Sub Title: New England, 1789–1825
  • ISBN-10: 0230605265
  • Publisher Date: 21 Jul 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 140 mm


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