People of Paradox

An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization

Häftad, Engelska, 1990

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From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. He shows how, during the years of colonization, some ideas and institutions were transferred virtually intact from Britain, while, simultaneously, others were being transformed in the New World. As he unravels the tangled origins of our culture, he makes us see that unresolved contradictions in the American experience have created our national style. Puritanical and hedonistic, idealistic and materialistic, peace-loving and war-mongering: these opposing strands go back to the genesis of our history.

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Utgivningsdatum1990-08-02
Mått127 x 203 x 21 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagCornell University Press
ISBN9780801497551
UtmärkelserWinner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize in History

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PART ONE: THE UNRECORDED HUM OF IMPLICATIONProlegomenonChapter 1: The Old World and the New, Pari PassuChapter 2: The Quest for Legitimacy in Colonial AmericaChapter 3: Invertebrate America: The Problem of Unstable PluralismEpilogism: Some InterconnectionsPART TWO: A STRANGE HYBRID, INDEEDProlegomenonChapter 4: Biformity: A Frame of ReferenceChapter 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Change: The Context of English ColonizationChapter 6: Contradictory Tendencies in Colonial AmericaEpilogism: Some ComparisonsPART THREE: THE IMPLICATIONS OF BIFORMITYProlegomenonChapter 7: Ambiguities of the American RevolutionChapter 8: Encrustations of Space and Time, circa 1825–1925Chapter 9: The Contrapuntal CivilizationBibliographical SuggestionsIndex

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