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Red, White, And Blue Letter Days : An American Calendar

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Matthew Dennis
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Book, Cornell University Press, 2002
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The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Washington?s Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King?s Birthday, and other celebrations matter to Americans and reflect the state of American local and national politics. In six engaging chapters?assaying particular political holidays over the course of their histories, Red, White, and Blue Letter Days examines how Americans have shaped and been shaped by their calendar. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Holidays · United States · History · Memory · Social aspects · National characteristics, American · Historiography · Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
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(LOWER LEVEL) GT4803.A2 D46 2002 AVAILABLE

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The Myth Of American Diplomacy : National Identity And U.S. Foreign Policy

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Walter L. Hixson
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Book, Yale University Press, 2008
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In this major reconceptualization of the history of U.S. foreign policy, Walter Hixson engages with the entire sweep of that history, from its Puritan beginnings to the twenty-first century?s war on terror. Hixson investigates the national narratives that help to explain ethnic cleansing of Indians, nineteenth-century imperial thrusts in Mexico and the Philippines, the two World Wars, the Cold War, the Iraq War, and today?s war on terror. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Nationalism · United States · History · National characteristics, American · Militarism · Foreign relations · Historiography · Philosophy · Military policy · Hixson, Walter L
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(LOWER LEVEL) E183.7 .H595 2008 AVAILABLE

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These Honored Dead : How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory

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Thomas A. Desjardin
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Book, Da Capo Press, 2003
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Ever since the guns of Gettysburg fell silent in July 1863, and Lincoln stepped away from his two-minute speech on the same battleground four months later, the story of this three-day conflict has become an American legend, a cultural icon. Gettysburg has become the defining conflict in our history.How did the story of Gettysburg evolve? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 · National characteristics, American · Memory · Social aspects · United States · History · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Influence · Historiography · Desjardin, Thomas A., 1964-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E475.53 .D47 2003 DUE 11-19-09

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Portrait Of America : A Cultural History Of The Federal Writers’ Project

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Jerrold Hirsch
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Book, University of North Carolina Press, 2003
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Although the immediate context of the FWP was work relief, national FWP officials developed programs that spoke to much larger and longer-standing debates over the nature of American identity and culture and the very definition of who was an American. Hirsch reviews the founding of the FWP and the significance of its American Guide series, considering the choices made by administrators who wanted to celebrate diversity as a positive aspect of American cultural identity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Federal Writers’ Project · History · National characteristics, American · United States · Historiography · Intellectual life · 20th century · Civilization · 1918-1945 · Hirsch, Jerrold, 1948-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E175.4.W9 H57 2003 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E175.4.W9 H57 2003	AVAILABLE

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Leslie Fiedler And American Culture

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edited by Steven G. Kellman and Irving Malin
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Book, University of Delaware Press, 1999
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Fiedler, Leslie A. · Criticism and interpretation · Views on culture · National characteristics, American · Historiography · Criticism · United States · History · 20th century · Culture · Philosophy · Civilization · Kellman, Steven G., 1947- · Malin, Irving
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3556.I34 Z76 1999 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3556.I34 Z76 1999	AVAILABLE

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The Legend Of The Founding Fathers

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Book, New York University Press, 1956
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National characteristics, American · United States · Historiography · History · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Craven, Wesley Frank, 1905-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E175 .C7 AVAILABLE

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History And American Society: Essays Of David M. Potter.

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Edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher
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Book, Oxford University Press, 1973
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National characteristics, American · United States · Historiography · Potter, David Morris
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(LOWER LEVEL) E175 .P64 AVAILABLE

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The Southerner As American,

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edited by Charles Grier Sellers, Jr. [By] John Hope Franklin [and others]
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Book, University of North Carolina Press, 1960
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National characteristics, American · Southern States · Civilization · History · Historiography · Race relations · Sellers, Charles Grier
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(LOWER LEVEL) F209 .S44 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F209 .S44	AVAILABLE

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