Frontiers of historical imagination : narrating the European conquest of native America, 1890-1990 /
The American frontier, a potent symbol since Europeans first stepped ashore on North America, serves as the touchstone for Kerwin Klein's analysis of the narrating of history. Klein explores the traditions through which historians, philosophers, anthropologists, and literary critics have unders...
| Основен автор: | Klein, Kerwin Lee, 1961- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭1997.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=11700 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Frontiers of historical imagination. |
| Резюме: |
The American frontier, a potent symbol since Europeans first stepped ashore on North America, serves as the touchstone for Kerwin Klein's analysis of the narrating of history. Klein explores the traditions through which historians, philosophers, anthropologists, and literary critics have understood the story of America's origin and the way those understandings have shaped and been shaped by changing conceptions of history. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Based on the author's thesis. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 377 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-371) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520924185 0520924185 0585134928 9780585134925 |