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245 00 a| This Violent Empireh| [electronic resource]:b| The Birth of an American National Identity;

260 a| Chapel Hill : b| University of North Carolina Press;

300 a| 512 p.b| illc| 09.250 x 06.120 in.;

440 0 a| Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Ser.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| This Violent Empire traces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self.Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg explores the ways the founding generation, lacking a common history, governmental infrastructures, and shared culture, solidified their national sense of self by imagining a series of "Others" (African Americans, Native Americans, women, the propertyless) whose differences from European American male founders overshadowed the differences that divided those founders. These "Others," dangerous and polluting, had to be excluded from the European American body politic. Feared, but also desired, they refused to be marginalized, incurring increasingly enraged enactments of their political and social exclusion that shaped our long history of racism, xenophobia, and sexism. Close readings of political rhetoric during the Constitutional debates reveal the genesis of this long history.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 4 a| National Characteristics, American;

650 4 a| Menx| Attitudes;

650 4 a| Difference (Psychology);

650 4 a| Political Culture;

650 4 a| Violence;

650 4 a| Racism;

650 4 a| Paranoia;

650 4 a| Sexism;

650 4 a| Marginality, Social;

650 4 a| United Statesx| Civilizationx| 1783-1865;

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This Violent Empire The Birth of an American National Identity

Other author	Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
Description	512 p. ill 09.250 x 06.120 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	National Characteristics, American Men--Attitudes. Difference (Psychology) Political Culture Violence Racism Paranoia Sexism Marginality, Social United States--Civilization. --1783-1865.

Series	Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Ser.
Summary	Annotation This Violent Empire traces the origins of American violence, racism, and paranoia to the founding moments of the new nation and the initial instability of Americans' national sense of self.Fusing cultural and political analyses to create a new form of political history, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg explores the ways the founding generation, lacking a common history, governmental infrastructures, and shared culture, solidified their national sense of self by imagining a series of "Others" (African Americans, Native Americans, women, the propertyless) whose differences from European American male founders overshadowed the differences that divided those founders. These "Others," dangerous and polluting, had to be excluded from the European American body politic. Feared, but also desired, they refused to be marginalized, incurring increasingly enraged enactments of their political and social exclusion that shaped our long history of racism, xenophobia, and sexism. Close readings of political rhetoric during the Constitutional debates reveal the genesis of this long history.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009039481
ISBN	9780807872710
ISBN	0807872717 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9780807872710
Stock number	00027332

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