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Strange Nation

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Author : J. Gerald Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190490616
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Strange Nation written by J. Gerald Kennedy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the War of 1812, Americans belatedly realized that they lacked national identity. The subsequent campaign to articulate nationality transformed every facet of culture from architecture to painting, and in the realm of letters, literary jingoism embroiled American authors in the heated politics of nationalism. The age demanded stirring images of U.S. virtue, often achieved by contriving myths and obscuring brutalities. Between these sanitized narratives of the nation and U.S. social reality lay a grotesque discontinuity: vehement conflicts over slavery, Indian removal, immigration, and territorial expansion divided the country. Authors such as Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Catharine M. Sedgwick, William Gilmore Simms, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Lydia Maria Child wrestled uneasily with the imperative to revise history to produce national fable. Counter-narratives by fugitive slaves, Native Americans, and defiant women subverted literary nationalism by exposing the plight of the unfree and dispossessed. And with them all, Edgar Allan Poe openly mocked literary nationalism and deplored the celebration of "stupid" books appealing to provincial self-congratulation. More than any other author, he personifies the contrary, alien perspective that discerns the weird operations at work behind the facade of American nation-building.

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Author : J. Gerald Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190491280
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Strange Nation written by J. Gerald Kennedy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the War of 1812, Americans belatedly realized that they lacked national identity. The subsequent campaign to articulate nationality transformed every facet of culture from architecture to painting, and in the realm of letters, literary jingoism embroiled American authors in the heated politics of nationalism. The age demanded stirring images of U.S. virtue, often achieved by contriving myths and obscuring brutalities. Between these sanitized narratives of the nation and U.S. social reality lay a grotesque discontinuity: vehement conflicts over slavery, Indian removal, immigration, and territorial expansion divided the country. Authors such as Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Catharine M. Sedgwick, William Gilmore Simms, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Lydia Maria Child wrestled uneasily with the imperative to revise history to produce national fable. Counter-narratives by fugitive slaves, Native Americans, and defiant women subverted literary nationalism by exposing the plight of the unfree and dispossessed. And with them all, Edgar Allan Poe openly mocked literary nationalism and deplored the celebration of "stupid" books appealing to provincial self-congratulation. More than any other author, he personifies the contrary, alien perspective that discerns the weird operations at work behind the facade of American nation-building.

Strange Nation

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Author : Paul Allor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631403828
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Strange Nation written by Paul Allor and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published digitally by Monkeybrain Comics as STRANGE NATION issues #1-8.

Strange Rebels

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Author : Christian Caryl
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465065643
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Strange Rebels written by Christian Caryl and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few moments in history have seen as many seismic transformations as 1979. That single year marked the emergence of revolutionary Islam as a global political force, the beginning of market revolutions in China and Britain that would radically alter the international economy, and the first stirrings of the resistance movements in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In Strange Rebels, veteran journalist Christian Caryl shows how the world we live in today and the problems that plague it began to take shape in this pivotal year. Weaving the story of each of these counterrevolutions into a brisk, gripping narrative, Strange Rebels is a groundbreaking account of how these upheavals marked a startling conservative challenge to communist and socialist systems around the globe, giving birth to our modern age in the process.

The Nation [Electronic Resource]

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Nation [Electronic Resource] written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nation

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The WEIRDest People in the World

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Author : Joseph Henrich
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374710457
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The WEIRDest People in the World written by Joseph Henrich and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 A Bloomberg Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020 A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2020 A Human Behavior & Evolution Society Must-Read Popular Evolution Book of 2020 A bold, epic account of how the co-evolution of psychology and culture created the peculiar Western mind that has profoundly shaped the modern world. Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. If so, you’re rather psychologically peculiar. Unlike much of the world today, and most people who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, self-obsessed, control-oriented, nonconformist, and analytical. They focus on themselves—their attributes, accomplishments, and aspirations—over their relationships and social roles. How did WEIRD populations become so psychologically distinct? What role did these psychological differences play in the industrial revolution and the global expansion of Europe during the last few centuries? In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich draws on cutting-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology to explore these questions and more. He illuminates the origins and evolution of family structures, marriage, and religion, and the profound impact these cultural transformations had on human psychology. Mapping these shifts through ancient history and late antiquity, Henrich reveals that the most fundamental institutions of kinship and marriage changed dramatically under pressure from the Roman Catholic Church. It was these changes that gave rise to the WEIRD psychology that would coevolve with impersonal markets, occupational specialization, and free competition—laying the foundation for the modern world. Provocative and engaging in both its broad scope and its surprising details, The WEIRDest People in the World explores how culture, institutions, and psychology shape one another, and explains what this means for both our most personal sense of who we are as individuals and also the large-scale social, political, and economic forces that drive human history. Includes black-and-white illustrations.

The Strange

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Author : Jérôme Ruillier
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
ISBN 13 : 1770465847
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Strange written by Jérôme Ruillier and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strange follows an unnamed, undocumented immigrant who tries to forge a new life in a Western country where he doesn’t speak the language. Jérôme Ruillier’s story is deftly told through myriad viewpoints, as each narrator recounts a situation in which they crossed paths with the newly-arrived foreigner. Many of the people he meets are suspicious of his unfamiliar background, or of the unusual language they do not understand. By employing this third-person narrative structure, Ruillier masterfully portrays the complex plight of immigrants and the vulnerability of being undocumented. The Strange shows one person’s struggle to adapt while dealing with the often brutal and unforgiving attitudes of the employers, neighbors, and strangers who populate this new land. Ruillier employs a bold visual approach of colored pencil drawings complemented by a stark, limited palette of red, orange and green backgrounds. Its beautiful simplicity represents the almost child-like hope and promise that is often associated with new beginnings. But as Ruillier implicitly suggests, it’s a promise that can shatter at a moment’s notice when the threat of being deported is a daily and terrifying reality. The Strange has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn & Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the Aya series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, Hostage by Guy Delisle, and Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.

The Last of the Mohicans

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Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last of the Mohicans written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While guiding a small party of English settlers to the protection of a fort during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a frontier scout, and his two Indian friends, the remaining braves of the Mohican tribe, struggle against the evils of Uncas who desires a white maiden for his wife.

A history of the Jewish nation

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Author : Edward Henry Palmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A history of the Jewish nation written by Edward Henry Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Strange Genius of Mr. O

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Author : Carolyn Eastman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469660520
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Genius of Mr. O written by Carolyn Eastman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When James Ogilvie arrived in America in 1793, he was a deeply ambitious but impoverished teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1817, he had become a bona fide celebrity known simply as Mr. O, counting the nation's leading politicians and intellectuals among his admirers. And then, like so many meteoric American luminaries afterward, he fell from grace. The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkable performer--a gaunt Scottish orator who appeared in a toga--and a story of the United States during the founding era. Ogilvie's career featured many of the hallmarks of celebrity we recognize from later eras: glamorous friends, eccentric clothing, scandalous religious views, narcissism, and even an alarming drug habit. Yet he captivated audiences with his eloquence and inaugurated a golden age of American oratory. Examining his roller-coaster career and the Americans who admired (or hated) him, this fascinating book renders a vivid portrait of the United States in the midst of invention.

A History of All Nations

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book A History of All Nations written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nation and the Athenaeum

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Nation and the Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Literature of All Nations and All Ages

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Author : Julian Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Literature of All Nations and All Ages written by Julian Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rural Manhood

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Author : Henry Israel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rural Manhood written by Henry Israel and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rural Manhood

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Rural Manhood written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New-York Observer

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1756 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book New-York Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: