This lively reader traces the search for American tradition and national identity through folklore and folklife from the 19th century to the present. Through an engaging set of essays, Folk Nation shows how American thinkers and leaders have used folklore-ranging from Paul Bunya…
This lively reader traces the search for American tradition and national identity through folklore and folklife from the 19th century to the present. Through an engaging set of essays, Folk Nation shows how American thinkers and leaders have used folklore to express the meaning …
Cultural property such as works of art, monuments, literature, sacred remains and traditional practices can create a profound sense of communal belonging, yet nothing illuminates the ambiguities of group identity more powerfully than conflicting claims to such material. Addresse…
This study examines the international power plays of Renaissance and Reformation Europe. It offers an account of the international politics of the period, and also a study of the underlying forces that shaped them.
This study examines the international power plays of Renaissance and Reformation Europe. It offers an account of the international politics of the period, and also a study of the underlying forces that shaped them.
This book offers a critical view of the 'American Dream' and how this is becoming a global nightmare. The authors are neither impartial nor uninvolved.
Preston is concerned with the extent to which fundamental changes in the political landscape have altered the received ideas that define political cultures around the world. Issues include the rise of Pacific Asia and therealignment of Europe.
"The book looks at the profound changes across the political landscape from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the re-emergence of China and at how such events have altered the received ideas that define political cultures throughout the world." "This analysis includes a detailed ex…
Preston is concerned with the extent to which fundamental changes in the political landscape have altered the received ideas that define political cultures around the world. Issues include the rise of Pacific Asia and the realignment of Europe.
During the years leading up to World War I, America experienced a crisis of civic identity. How could a country founded on liberal principles and composed of increasingly diverse cultures unite to safeguard individuals and promote social justice? In this book, Jonathan Hansen te…
During the years leading up to World War I, America experienced a crisis of civic identity. How could a country founded on liberal principles and composed of increasingly diverse cultures unite to safeguard individuals and promote social justice? In this book, Jonathan Hansen te…
The South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu simultaneously experienced the two major types of colonialism of the modern era (British and French), the only instance in which these colonial powers jointly ruled the same people in the same territory over an extended period of time. Th…
