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Author Gellert, Michael.

Title The fate of America : an inquiry into national character / Michael Gellert.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., [2002]
©2002

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xv, 366 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Two souls within the human breast -- The revolutionary -- The frontiersman -- Contemporary heroic idealism -- The commercialism of America's heroic ideal -- Heroic mania -- The imitation of heroism -- Heroic tunnel vision -- The escape from heroism -- The metaphor of depth -- The historical roots of American innocence -- Jefferson's bastards -- The land of the overrated child -- The metaphor of the eternally young hero -- The explosion of innocence -- The metaphor of America's darkness -- The implosion of innocence -- The sacrifice of innocence -- America in the third millennium.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject National characteristics, American.
National characteristics, American.
United States -- Civilization.
United States.
Civilization.
Heroes -- Mythology -- United States.
Heroes -- Mythology.
Idealism -- Social aspects -- United States.
Idealism -- Social aspects.
Idealism.
Comparative civilization.
Comparative civilization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gellert, Michael. Fate of America. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, ©2001 1574883569 (DLC) 2001025545 (OCoLC)46449341
ISBN 9781612342214 (electronic book)
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