The new American exceptionalism / Donald E. Pease.

Author/creator Pease, Donald E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxi, 246 p. ; 22 cm.
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SeriesCritical American studies series
Critical American studies series. ^A504826
Contents Introduction: the United States of fantasy -- Staging the new world order: Hiroshima, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Persian Gulf War -- America of the two covenants: the Waco siege and the Oklahoma City bombing -- A national rite of passage: the return of Alexis de Tocqueville -- Patriot acts: the Southernification of America -- From virgin land to Ground Zero: mythological foundations of the homeland security state -- Antigone's kin: from Abu Ghraib to Barack Obama.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009028990
ISBN9780816627820 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816627827 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816627837 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816627835 (pb : alk. paper)

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