Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England. Focusing on the years 1789-1825, it analyzes the process by which New Englanders used trans-Atlantic symbols as well as regional landscapes, values, and characteristics to create an American identity.

Autorentext
STEPHANIE KERMES is an Assistant Professor of Social Science at Boston University, USA.

Inhalt
New-Englandizing America A Prussian Monarch, an American Hero: Early Republican Royalism and Parallels between the Cult of Frederick the Great and Celebrations of the First American President Failed Republicans: Images of the British and the French Hero of Liberty: New England Celebrations of General Lafayette during his Visit in 1824-1825 Separation for the Nation: The Movement for Maine's Statehood God's People: The Creation of a Protestant Nation