Marks of distinction : American exceptionalism revisited / edited by Dale Carter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, Dale A.

Series:

Dolphin (Århus, Denmark) ; 32.

The Dolphin ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Civilization.

United States.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

339 pages ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

American exceptionalism revisited

Place of Publication:

Aarhus N, Denmark ; Oakville, Conn. : Aarhus University Press, [2001]

Contents:

Introduction: the death and life of an exceptional concept / Dale Carter

Recovering America's historic diversity: beyond exceptionalism / Joyce Appleby

A city upon a hill: American literature and the ideology of exceptionalism / Thomas B. Byers

Writing, criticism and the imagination of nation: American exceptionalism and the evolution of American studies / James Mendelsohn

Technology and cultural difference / David E. Nye

No special relation: British perceptions of ante-bellum America's growing pains / Inger Hunnerup Dalsgaard

Newt's clean slate, or American exceptionalism in the information age / Eric Guthey

'A divided empire': African Americans, the South, and the narrative of American exceptionalism / Peter Bardaglio

A college upon a hill: exceptionalism and American higher education / John Halsey and W. Bruce Leslie

'They came to lawyers, you know, what can you do?' American exceptionalism and judicial activism / Helle Porsdam

'Against any winds that blow': American exceptionalism, multiculturalism, and judicial review / Jody W. Pennington

The problem of American exceptionalism: a reconsideration / Michael Kammen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

8772883839

OCLC:

49055346