Exceptional America : Newness and National Identity

Name: Exceptional America
Brand: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
SKU: 9780820439129
Price: 3950 KES
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ISBN: 9780820439129

by Philip Abbott

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Major Concepts in Politics and Political Theory

ISBN-10 0820439126

ISBN-13 9780820439129

Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 1st, 1999

Print length 251 Pages

Weight 366 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.40 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: Cultural studies

KSh 3,950.00

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The belief that America is not only different but «exceptional» is a central aspect of American identity that appears in the speeches and writings of John Winthrop to Martin Luther King Jr. to Ronald Reagan. Yet how and why America is exceptional has produced widely diverse answers. Philip Abbott alters this debate by arguing that Americans are the way they talk. He examines American exceptionalism as a preoccupation with «newness» in both politics and culture and traces its influence in a series of great American political texts, including the Declaration of Independence, The Federalist Papers, Democracy in America, Walden, The Souls of Black Folk, and various novels and speeches.

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