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Unbecoming British
How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation
Taschenbuch von Kariann Akemi Yokota
Sprache: Englisch

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What can homespun cloth, stuffed birds, quince jelly, and ginseng reveal about the formation of early American national identity? In this wide-ranging and bold new interpretation of American history and its Founding Fathers, Kariann Akemi Yokota shows that political independence from Britain fueled anxieties among the Americans about their cultural inferiority and continuing dependence on the mother country. Caught between their desire to emulate the mother country and an awareness that they lived an ocean away on the periphery of the known world, they went to great lengths to convince themselves and others of their refinement. Taking a transnational approach to American history, Yokota examines a wealth of evidence from geography, the decorative arts, intellectual history, science, and technology to underscore that the process of "unbecoming British" was not an easy one. Indeed, the new nation struggled to define itself economically, politically, and culturally in what could be called America's postcolonial period. Out of this confusion of hope and exploitation, insecurity and vision, a uniquely American identity emerged.
What can homespun cloth, stuffed birds, quince jelly, and ginseng reveal about the formation of early American national identity? In this wide-ranging and bold new interpretation of American history and its Founding Fathers, Kariann Akemi Yokota shows that political independence from Britain fueled anxieties among the Americans about their cultural inferiority and continuing dependence on the mother country. Caught between their desire to emulate the mother country and an awareness that they lived an ocean away on the periphery of the known world, they went to great lengths to convince themselves and others of their refinement. Taking a transnational approach to American history, Yokota examines a wealth of evidence from geography, the decorative arts, intellectual history, science, and technology to underscore that the process of "unbecoming British" was not an easy one. Indeed, the new nation struggled to define itself economically, politically, and culturally in what could be called America's postcolonial period. Out of this confusion of hope and exploitation, insecurity and vision, a uniquely American identity emerged.
Über den Autor
Kariann Akemi Yokota is Associate Professor of History at University of Colorado Denver.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgments

  • Introduction: Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation

  • Ch 1: A New Nation on the Margins of the Global Map

  • Ch 2: A Culture of Insecurity: Americans in a Transatlantic World of Goods

  • Ch 3: A Revolution Revived: American and British Encounters in Canton, China

  • Ch 4: Sowing the Seeds of Postcolonial Discontent: The Transatlantic Exchange of American Nature and British Patronage

  • Ch 5: "A Great Curiosity": The American Quest for Racial Refinement and Knowledge

  • Conclusion: The Long Goodbye: Breaking with the British in Nineteenth Century America

  • Notes

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190217877
ISBN-10: 0190217871
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Yokota, Kariann Akemi
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Kariann Akemi Yokota
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2014
Gewicht: 0,626 kg
Artikel-ID: 120654857
Über den Autor
Kariann Akemi Yokota is Associate Professor of History at University of Colorado Denver.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgments

  • Introduction: Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation

  • Ch 1: A New Nation on the Margins of the Global Map

  • Ch 2: A Culture of Insecurity: Americans in a Transatlantic World of Goods

  • Ch 3: A Revolution Revived: American and British Encounters in Canton, China

  • Ch 4: Sowing the Seeds of Postcolonial Discontent: The Transatlantic Exchange of American Nature and British Patronage

  • Ch 5: "A Great Curiosity": The American Quest for Racial Refinement and Knowledge

  • Conclusion: The Long Goodbye: Breaking with the British in Nineteenth Century America

  • Notes

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190217877
ISBN-10: 0190217871
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Yokota, Kariann Akemi
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Kariann Akemi Yokota
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2014
Gewicht: 0,626 kg
Artikel-ID: 120654857
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