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EBOOK Unbecoming British:How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199779918
EAN: DF3A10ECEB
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Stron: 368
Data wydania: 2011
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What can homespun cloth, stuffed birds, quince jelly, and ginseng reveal about the        formation of early American national identity? In this wide-ranging and bold new        interpretation of American history and its Founding Fathers, Kariann Akemi Yokota        shows that political independence from Britain fueled anxieties among the Americans        about their cultural inferiority and continuing dependence on the mother country.          Caught between their desire to emulate the mother country and an awareness that they        lived an ocean away on the periphery of the known world, they went to great lengths        to convince themselves and others of their refinement. Taking a transnational        approach to American history, Yokota examines a wealth of evidence from geography,        the decorative arts, intellectual history, science, and technology to underscore        that the process of "e;unbecoming British"e; was not an easy one. Indeed, the new nation        struggled to define itself economically, politically, and culturally in what could        be called America's postcolonial period. Out of this confusion of hope and        exploitation, insecurity and vision, a uniquely American identity emerged.

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