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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817879603321

Titolo

1812 in the Americas / / edited by Jean-Marc Serme

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8293-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

973.52

Soggetti

United States History War of 1812

United States History War of 1812 Literature and the war

United States History War of 1812 Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together a variety of interesting perspectives on the circumstances and effects of the war in 1812, offering a range of insights, from an exploration of the role religion played in the conflict to an investigation of low literature of the time reacted to it.The book is opened by a contribution from Adam Rothman, who examines the concept of the paracolonial republic to highlight that the US in 1812 was surrounded by monarchical colonial powers and used imperial means against its indigenous populations.In the second essay, Tangi Villerbu explores the way in which the Catholic Ch