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      We the People

      Benjamin Railton

      From the first European contact with indigenous peoples to today's debate over immigration, the question of who is American has been at the heart of our national story. Ben Railton's…

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      Of Thee I Sing

      Benjamin Railton

      Our definition of American patriotism needs to be expanded beyond national celebrations. Identifying four competing forms of patriotism-celebratory, mythic, active, and critical-allows us to rediscover forgotten histories and reframe familiar…

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      Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism

      Benjamin Railton

      Our definition of American patriotism needs to be expanded beyond national celebrations. Identifying four competing forms of patriotism–celebratory, mythic, active, and critical–allows us to rediscover forgotten histories and reframe familiar…

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      History and Hope in American Literature: Models of Critical Patriotism

      Benjamin Railton

      Through the examination of literary works by twentieth and twenty-first century American authors, this book shows how literature can allow us to cope with difficult periods of history (slavery, the…

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      We the People: The 500-Year Battle Over Who Is American

      Benjamin Railton

      We the People. The Constitution begins with those deceptively simple words, but how do Americans define that We ? In We the People, Ben Railton argues that throughout our history…

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      Redefining American Identity: From Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama

      B. Railton,Benjamin Railton

      Using five personal narratives and in contrast to both the traditional and multicultural narratives, this book suggest cross-cultural transformation has been at the core of America since the first moments…

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      Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age, 18761893

      Benjamin A. Railton,Ben Railton

      Fables of American history embodied in Gilded Age literature

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      In the Footprints of Charles Lamb

      Benjamin E Martin

      This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

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