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Autore |
Conforti Joseph A |
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Titolo |
Imagining New England [[electronic resource] ] : explorations of regional identity from the pilgrims to the mid-twentieth century / / Joseph A. Conforti |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Regionalism - New England - History |
Group identity - New England - History |
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New England Civilization |
New England Intellectual life |
New England Historiography |
New England In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-363) index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Founding Generation and the Creation of a New England; 2. From the Americanization to the Re-Angelicization of Regional Identity, 1660-1760; 3. Regionalism and Nationalism in the Early Republic; 4. Greater New England; 5. Old New England; 6. The North Country and Regional Identity; Epilogue; Notes; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An investigation of New England as a cultural invention, tracing the region's changing identity across more than three centuries. It incorporates insights from history, literature, art, culture and geography to show how generations of New Englanders created a powerful collective identity. |
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