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We the People? : the United States and the question of rights / edited by Irina Brittner, Sabine N. Meyer, Peter Schneck.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- American studies (Munich, Germany) ; volume 309.
- American studies (Munich, Germany) ; volume 309
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights--United States.
- Human rights.
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Heidelberg, Germany : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2020]
- Summary:
- The foundational vision of the U.S. polity as a "political edifice of liberty and equal rights" (Abraham Lincoln) has held immense symbolic power and bred both aspirations and discontent. It has served as the source for various interconnected, yet often also conflicting, narratives and discourses through which the question of human and civil rights in the U.S. has been constantly debated and re-negotiated.This volume investigates the U.S.-American culture of rights as it has evolved and continues to evolve throughout U.S. (legal) history as well as in U.S. literature and in popular culture. It demonstrates that the question of rights has been posed differently by members of the various groups and cultures that have historically constituted the United States, and that the answers to these questions changed significantly over time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783825379889
- 3825379884
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