"In this book Richard T. Hughes identifies the five key myths that lie at the heart of the American experience - the myths of the Chosen Nation, of Nature's Nation, of the Christian Nation, of the Millennial Nation, and of the Innocent Nation." "Drawing on a range of dissenting voices, Hughes shows that by canonizing these seemingly harmless fables of national identity as absolute truths, America risks undermining the sweepingly egalitarian promise of the Declaration of Independence." "Hughes locates the roots of each myth in a different period of America's development, and from each of these periods he finds stirring critiques offered by marginalized commentators - especially African Americans and Native Americans - each questioning a predominant myth."--BOOK JACKET.
Authors
Richard Hughes
Additional Info
- Release Date: 2004-06-15
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780252072208
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