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| Author | : Richard T. Hughes |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 2018-09-05 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0252050800 |
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others.
| Author | : Heike Paul |
| Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 451 |
| Release | : 2014-08-31 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 3839414857 |
This essential introduction to American studies examines the core foundational myths upon which the nation is based and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of »discovery,« the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth of the Founding Fathers, the melting pot myth, the myth of the West, and the myth of the self-made man. The chapters provide extended analyses of each of these myths, using examples from popular culture, literature, memorial culture, school books, and every-day life. Including visual material as well as study questions, this book will be of interest to any student of American studies and will foster an understanding of the United States of America as an imagined community by analyzing the foundational role of myths in the process of nation building.
| Author | : Joseph Bruchac |
| Publisher | : Fulcrum Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781555910945 |
A collection of Native American tales and myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature.
| Author | : Donald Alexander Mackenzie |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : D. L. Mayfield |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2020-05-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 083084824X |
Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power—the central values of the American dream. But are they compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors.
| Author | : Kevin Kruse |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2023-12-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781541604667 |
In this "incisive" (Vanity Fair) and "authoritative" (New York Times) instant New York Times bestseller, America's top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation's past The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. In Myth America, Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors--among numerous other partisan lies. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today's heated debates about our nation's past. With Essays By Akhil Reed Amar - Kathleen Belew - Carol Anderson - Kevin M. Kruse - Erika Lee - Daniel Immerwahr - Elizabeth Hinton - Naomi Oreskes - Erik M. Conway - Ari Kelman - Geraldo Cadava - David A. Bell - Joshua Zeitz - Sarah Churchwell - Michael Kazin - Karen L. Cox - Eric Rauchway - Glenda Gilmore - Natalia Mehlman Petrzela - Lawrence B. Glickman - Julian E. Zelizer
| Author | : Godfrey Hodgson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Exceptionalism |
| ISBN | : 9780300125702 |
The idea that the United States is destined to spread its unique gifts of democracy and capitalism to other countries is dangerous for Americans and for the rest of the world, warns Godfrey Hodgson in this provocative book. Hodgson, a shrewd and highly respected British commentator, argues that America is not as exceptional as it would like to think; its blindness to its own history has bred a complacent nationalism and a disastrous foreign policy that has isolated and alienated it from the global community. Tracing the development of America’s high self regard from the early days of the republic to the present era, Hodgson demonstrates how its exceptionalism has been systematically exaggerated and—in recent decades—corrupted. While there have been distinct and original elements in America’s history and political philosophy, notes Hodgson, these have always been more heavily influenced by European thought and experience than Americans have been willing to acknowledge. A stimulating and timely assessment of how America’s belief in its exceptionalism has led it astray, this book is mandatory reading for its citizens, admirers, and detractors.
| Author | : Ryan P. Burge |
| Publisher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2022-03 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1506482015 |
The way most people think about religion and politics is only loosely linked to empirical reality, argues Ryan P. Burge. In 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America, Burge strives to be an impartial referee and to overcome these caustic misperceptions by using both rigorous data analysis and straightforward explanations.
| Author | : Joseph Campbell |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Mythology |
| ISBN | : |
Examines the myth-making process since primitive times to demonstrate the ways in which specific myths reflect human needs.
| Author | : Frank N. Newman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-11 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780983988519 |
Why is China booming while the American economy lags? Despite a globally challenging economic environment, production in China has grown by an astounding 7% to 14% a year, every year, for the past 20 years. America's GDP, by contrast, fell during the serious recession of 2008-9, and is now struggling to achieve even a tepid 3% growth. Why should this be? Over time, economic thought and attitudes in the U.S. and other Western nations increasingly diverged from the underlying views in China, and significant contrasts developed. This book analyzes several key statements of "accepted" economic views in the U.S., to determine which have real basis in the U.S. financial system, and which are really just myths. The six myths: Asian nations are bankrolling the U.S. Treasury issued securities crowd out the private sector If everyone tries to save more, the nation will save more, and investment, GDP, and employment will increase If the government reduces the deficit, then national saving and investment will increase Today's deficits create great burdens of tax for our children If the U.S. does not get its deficit reduced soon, treasuries will face the same problems as Greece and Ireland
