American civilizing process
Object category:
Druckschrift
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Publisher:
Polity
Place of publication:
Cambridge
Date:
2007
Extent, illustration, format:
xii, 388 S.; Ill., Karten, Diagramme 23 cm
Language:
Englisch
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Abstract:
Prologue: Civilizing processes -- "American civilization" -- "Fellow Americans" and outsiders -- American manners under scrutiny -- American aristocracies -- The market society -- Violence and aggressiveness -- And wilderness is paradise enow : from settlements to independence -- But westward, look, the land is bright : from frontier to empire -- Integration struggles -- The curse of the American dream -- Involvement, detachment and American religiosity -- America and humanity as a whole
Object text:
Stephen Mennell
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
Archivierung prüfen 20200919 DE-640 3 pdager
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
Archivierung prüfen 20200919 DE-640 3 pdager
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Universität Erfurt
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-14
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