American National Identity

Anna Islentyeva is a post-doctoral research associate and lecturer in linguistics in the English Department at the Universität Innsbruck, Austria.Igor Tolochin is a professor in the Department of English Philology and Cultural Studies at St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

• Chapter 1:- Introduction.- Background and Methodological Framework.- Chapter 2:- Something Borrowed.- Chapter 3:- The Rural Idyll?.- Chapter 4:- Mending ‘A More Perfect Union’.- Chapter 5:- The Nation and the Race.- Chapter 6:- Inspiring the Nation.- Chapter 7:- From ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ to ‘The American Dream’.- Chapter 8:- Speaking in Many Voices.- Chapter 9:- Conclusion.