Myths That Made America : : an Introduction to American Studies / / Heike Paul.

• Superior document: American studies ; v. 1
• Funder: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Backlist Collection
• VerfasserIn: Paul, Heike,
• Author: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Backlist Collection
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, 2014.
• Année de publication: 2014
• Édition: 1. Aufl.
• Langue: English
• Collection: American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; v. 1.
• Description matérielle: 1 online resource.

This essential introduction to American studies examines the core foundational myths upon which the nation is based and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of discovery, the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth of the Fo...