Philip Resnick

The Labyrinth of North American Identities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What exactly does it mean to be North American? The Labyrinth of North American Identities is a long essay that attempts to learn more about North America as a unit and its individual countries by exploring the idea of a shared North American identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781442605527
• ISBN-10: 1442605529
• Artikelnr.: 35453232

Autorenporträt

Philip Resnick is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of many books, including The European Roots of Canadian Identity.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Quetzalcoatl's Heirs
2. Chosen Peoples
3. Trajectories to Independence
4. "Language Has Always Been the Perfect Instrument of Empire"
5. Manifest Destiny and the Fate of a Continent
6. Market Society and Possessive Individualism
7. Democracy and Its Discontents
8. The Protean State
9. New World Utopias and Dystopias
10. An Archipelago of Regions
11. A North American Civilization?
12. Dwellers of the Labyrinth
Bibliography
Index