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To Die For: The Paradox of American Patriotism
Cecilia Elizabeth O´leary
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Description for To Die For: The Paradox of American Patriotism
Paperback. Traces the origins, development, and consolidation of patriotic cultures in the United States from the latter half of the nineteenth century up to World War I, a period in which the country emerged as a modern nation-state. Num Pages: 366 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
July Fourth, "The Star-Spangled Banner," Memorial Day, and the pledge of allegiance are typically thought of as timeless and consensual representations of a national, American culture. In fact, as Cecilia O'Leary shows, most trappings of the nation's icons were modern inventions that were deeply and bitterly contested. While the Civil War determined the survival of the Union, what it meant to be a loyal American remained an open question as the struggle to make a nation moved off of the battlefields and into cultural and political terrain. Drawing upon a wide variety of original sources, O'Leary's interdisciplinary study explores the ... Read more
July Fourth, "The Star-Spangled Banner," Memorial Day, and the pledge of allegiance are typically thought of as timeless and consensual representations of a national, American culture. In fact, as Cecilia O'Leary shows, most trappings of the nation's icons were modern inventions that were deeply and bitterly contested. While the Civil War determined the survival of the Union, what it meant to be a loyal American remained an open question as the struggle to make a nation moved off of the battlefields and into cultural and political terrain. Drawing upon a wide variety of original sources, O'Leary's interdisciplinary study explores the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691070520
SKU
V9780691070520
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About Cecilia Elizabeth O´leary
Cecilia Elizabeth O'Leary is Assistant Professor of History at the California State University, Monterey Bay, where she is also Co-Director of the Oral History and Community Memory Institute.
Reviews for To Die For: The Paradox of American Patriotism
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1999 "This study is not only well researched but also a sprightly written account of the development of modern American patriotism... This is truly a work 'to die for.'"
Choice "Well written ... O'Leary makes an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship that seeks to understand the vital role that rituals and ... Read more
Choice "Well written ... O'Leary makes an important contribution to a growing body of scholarship that seeks to understand the vital role that rituals and ... Read more