American Exceptionalism (British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks) - Softcover

Madsen, Deborah L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853312096 ISBN 13: 9781853312090

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 1998

Synopsis

American Exceptionalism provides an accessible yet comprehensive historical account of one of the most important concepts underlying modern theories of American cultural identity. Deborah Madsen charts the contribution of exceptionalism to the evolution of the United States as an ideological and geographical entity from 1620 to the present day. She explains how this sense of spiritual and political destiny has shaped American culture and how it has promoted exciting counter arguments from Native American and Chicano perspectives and in the contemporary writings of authors such as Thomas Pynchon and Toni Morrison.

About this title

Product Description:

Offers an account of one of the most important concepts underlying modern theories of American cultural identity. The author outlines how exceptionalism has contributed to the evolution of the US as an ideological and geographical entity from 1620 to the present day. She explains how its sense of spiritual and political destiny has determined American culture. It also raised counter arguments from native American and Chicano perspectives, and in the contemporary writings of such authors as Thomas Pynchon and Toni Morrison.

About the Author:

Deborah L. Madsen is a professor of English at South Bank University in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1853312096
• ISBN 13: 9781853312090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192