02747nam 2200625 a 450 991077982740332120230207222942.01-282-06274-3978025310886197866120627420-253-10886-1(CKB)111056485407274(EBL)127790(OCoLC)475867970(SSID)ssj0000154457(PQKBManifestationID)11137337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154457(PQKBWorkID)10406891(PQKB)10899048(MiAaPQ)EBC127790(Au-PeEL)EBL127790(CaPaEBR)ebr10002972(CaONFJC)MIL206274(EXLCZ)9911105648540727420010810d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFictions of U.S. history[electronic resource] a theory and four illustrations /Frances Richardson KellerBloomington Indiana University Pressc20021 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34076-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Fictions and the missions of history: our fictions, our missions, our selves -- The grandest fiction -- The scramble after the Civil War -- From Mormon polygamy to American monogamy: shifting fictions in the life of a society -- Eleanor Roosevelt: changing fictions in the life of an individual.Fictions of History offers a new definition of the term ""fictions."" A fiction is not merely the imaginative literature we treasure in works of novelists, dramatists, and poets. It is a powerful, driving idea that enters the life of an individual, the course a whole society travels, and the stories historians tell about the human past. In many dimensions, fictions affect every person on planet Earth. We all live lives based on fictions.Frances Richardson Keller chooses fascinating examples Fictions, Theory ofIdeologySocial aspectsUnited StatesPatriarchyUnited StatesHistoriographyUnited StatesHistoryPhilosophyFictions, Theory of.IdeologySocial aspectsPatriarchy.973/.01Keller Frances Richardson1917-1553239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779827403321Fictions of U.S. history3813644UNINA